An aristocracy is the true support of a monarchy.

All great events hang by a single thread. The clever man takes advantage of everything, neglects nothing that may give him some added opportunity; the less clever man, by neglecting one thing, sometimes misses everything.

Go Sir, gallop and don't forget that the world was made in six days. You can ask me for anything but not time.

Brave deeds are the monuments of brave men.

A prince should suspect everything.

A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.

Impatience is a great obstacle to success; he who treats everything with brusqueness gathers nothing, or only immature fruit which will never ripen.