Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.

Do you wish to find out the really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.

Power is what they like - it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs.

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 World is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good.

An army which cannot be reenforced is already defeated.

The surest way to remain poor is to be an honest man.