You cannot treat with all the world at once.

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

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.

He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly.

I am surrounded by priests who repeat incessantly that their kingdom is not of this world, and yet they lay their hands on everything they can get.