In Russia there are no roads - only areas.

Half of the people in the world are below average.

Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.

The most difficult art is not in the choice of men, but in giving to the men chosen the highest service of which they are capable.

Patriotism is a word which represents a noble idea.

Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.

What is the government? Nothing, unless supported by opinion.