The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.
Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
One must learn to forgive and not to hold a hostile, bitter attitude of mind, which offends those about us and prevents us from enjoying ourselves. One must recognize human shortcomings and adjust himself to them rather than to be constantly finding fault with them.
Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.
Champagne! In victory, one deserves it; in defeat one needs it.