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.

Give me enough ribbons to place on the tunics of my soldiers and I can conquer the world.

A society without religion is like a vessel without compass.

He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.

If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.

It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.

Half of the people in the world are below average.