Space we can recover; time never.
Great men grow tired of contentedness.
I do not amuse myself by thinking of dead people.
It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.
One bad general is worth two good ones.
Religion is, in fact, the dominion of the soul; it is the hope, the anchor of safety, the deliverance from evil. What a service has Christianity rendered to humanity!
What a solace Christianity must be to one who has an undoubted conviction of its truth!
It is necessary for the heart to feel as for the body to be fed.
Paradise is a center whither the souls of all men are proceeding, each sect in its particular road.
Civilization does everything for the mind and favors it entirely at the expense of the body.
It is not by whining that one carries out the job of king.
Diplomacy is the police in grand costume.
He that makes war without many mistakes has not made war very long.
When a government is dependent upon bankers for money, they and not the leaders of the government control the situation.
Order marches with weighty and measured strides. Disorder is always in a hurry.
A man occupied with public or other important business cannot, and need not, attend to spelling.
The fate of a battle is the result of a moment, of a thought: the hostile forces advance with various combinations, they attack each other and fight for a certain time; the critical moment arrives, a mental flash decides, and the least reserve accomplishes the object.
Sire, I am my own Rudolph of Hapsburg.
Keep a good table and attend to the ladies.
You cannot treat with all the world at once.