They wanted me to be a Washington.

It is in times of difficulty that great nations like great men display the whole energy of their character and become an object of admiration to posterity.

As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.

I have seen only yoU, I have admired only yoU, I desire only You

In the last analysis, one must be a military man in order to govern. It is only with boot and spurs that one can govern a horse.

I pay attention only to what people do or say. I never pay attention to what they think.

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.