Give me enough medals and I’ll win you any war

Let her sleep, for when she wakes, she will shake the world.

The true policy of government is to make use of aristocracy, but under the forms and in the spirit of democracy.

Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.

A faithful friend is the true image of the Deity.

In order to govern, the question is not to follow out a more or less valid theory but to build with whatever materials are at hand. The inevitable must be accepted and turned to advantage.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.