I believe love to be hurtful to society, and to the individual happiness of men. I believe, in short, that love does more harm than good.
In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.
A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour.
I hope before long to press you in my arms and shall shower on you a million burning kisses as under the Equator.
Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.
If you know a country's geography, you can understand and predict its foreign policy.