Wisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events.

If I always appear prepared, it is because before entering an undertaking, I have meditated long and have foreseen what might occur. It is not genius which reveals to me suddenly and secretly what I should do in circumstances unexpected by others; it is thought and preparation

To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.

Prussia was hatched from a cannon-ball.

I have seen only yoU, I have admired only yoU, I desire only You

The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

I have never loved anyone for love's sake except, perhaps, Josephine - a little.