You cannot drag a man's conscience before any tribunal, and no one is answerable for his religious opinions to any power on earth.

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

Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.

Ability is nothing without opportunity.

Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.

A prince should suspect everything.