In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.
He who knows how to flatter also knows how to slander.
A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.
Prussia was hatched from a cannon-ball.
The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin.
Europe thus divided into nationalities freely formed and free internally, peace between States would have become easier: the United States of Europe would become a possibility.