When one meddles with the direction of a revolution, the problem is not how to make it go but how to keep it under control.
To administer is to govern: to govern is to reign. That is the essence of the problem.
Nothing is impossible to the man who will
Nothing baffles the schemes of evil people so much as the calm composure of great souls.
I shall make it my chief business to see that the [royal] executive power has its place in the constitution.
If honesty did not exist, we ought to invent it as the best means of getting rich.
None, but people of strong passion are capable of rising to greatness.
Love has the power of making you believe what you would normally treat with the deepest suspicion.
War is the national industry of Prussia.
Short absence quickens love; long absence kills it.
I know you will guess all I leave unsaid.
I would not exchange my leisure hours for all the wealth in the world.
Never let me hear that foolish word again.
