Ability is nothing without opportunity.

More glorious to merit a sceptre than to possess one.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation.

There is only one thing in this world, and that is to keep acquiring money and more money, power and more power. All the rest is meaningless.

There is no Nation however small which had the right to set itself free, that has not rescued itself from the dishonour of obeying the Prince imposed by an enemy in the hour of victory.

When your enemy is doing something wrong, do not interrupt him.