In Russia there are no roads - only areas.

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

Medicines are only fit for old people.

Called to the throne by the voice of the people, my maxim has always been: A career open to talent without distinction of birth. It is this system of equality for which the European oligarchy detests me

Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.

True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

It requires more courage to suffer than to die.