Courage Is Like Love; It Must Have

In Statesmanship There Are Predicaments From Which It Is Impossible To Escape Without Some Wrongdoing.

Public Opinion Is The Thermometer A Monarch Should Constantly Consult.

I Believe Love To Be Hurtful To Society, And To The Individual Happiness Of Men. I Believe, In Short, That Love Does More Harm Than Good.

Do Not Talk To Me Of Goodness, Of Abstract Justice, Of Nature Law. Necessity Is The Highest Law, Public Welfare Is The Highest Justice.

I Can No Longer Obey; I Have Tasted Command, And I Cannot Give It Up.