Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.
Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.
The French complain of everything, and always.
Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me.
Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.
Public opinion is the thermometer a monarch should constantly consult.
I have only one counsel for you - be master.
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.
Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
The great proof of madness is the disproportion of one's designs to one's means.
The truest wisdom is a resolute determination.
Impossible is a word to be found only in the dictionary of fools.
A revolution can be neither made nor stopped. The only thing that can be done is for one of several of its children to give it a direction by dint of victories.
