Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.

Everything is more or less organized matter. To think so is against religion, but I think so just the same.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

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

There is only one thing in this world, and that is to keep acquiring money and more money, power and more power. All the rest is meaningless.