Revolutions in Prussia are started by kings, and since it is a revolution, it is better to start it ourselves than to suffer of it

Fools you are who say you like to learn from your mistakes. I prefer to learn from the mistakes of others, and avoid the cost of my own.

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.

Earthly majesty is always akin to the fallen angel, who is proud and unhappy, beautiful but troubled, and whose plans and efforts, though vast, are denied access.

You can't destroy the polish national-consciousness or Poles on the battlefield, but if you give them power, they will destroy themselves

There are two things you don't want to see being made - sausage and legislation.

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.