"The truth is that with a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half."

"We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world, and the fear of God is what makes us love and foster peace."

"Universal suffrage is the dictatorship of the stable-boy."

"There is so much having to do in my life that I rarely get to want to do."

"A statesman cannot create anything, he must wait and listen until he hears the footsteps of God sounding through events, and then spring and seize the hem of His garment."