The Balkans arent worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier.

With bad laws and good civil servants it's still possible to govern. But with bad civil servants even the best laws can't help.

I am accustomed to pay men back in their own coin.

We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.

In England the more horses a nobleman has, the more popular he is. So long as the English are devoted to racing, Socialism has no chance with you.

Even the most favorable outcome of the war will never lead to the decomposition of the main forces of Russia, which is based on millions of Russian ... The latter, even if they break up international treaties, just as quickly re-connect with each other, like pieces of a particle of mercury.

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.