Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

One might as well try to charge through a wall.

There is no Nation however small which had the right to set itself free, that has not rescued itself from the dishonour of obeying the Prince imposed by an enemy in the hour of victory.

The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.

In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power.