"It is my great desire to reform my subjects, and yet I am ashamed to confess that I am unable to reform myself."

"I am not a doctor, but I can cure some diseases with a good flogging."

"I am a worker and I need assistants."

"To have a strong army and navy, one must have money. To have money, one must have trade. To have trade, one must have a sea port."

"It is better to have one good example than a hundred good rules."