The only victories which leave no regret are those which are gained over ignorance.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

It is not by whining that one carries out the job of king.

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them.

Nothing renders a nation so despicable as religious despotism.

We should wash our dirty linen at home.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.