Life has taught me to forgive much, but to seek forgiveness still more.

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

One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).

The nation that has the schools has the future.

Physicians still retain something of their priestly origin; they would gladly do what they forbid.

One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even rely upon it; but one can never expect anything from the gratitude of a nation.

To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.