"My power is in my will."

"How happy I would be if I could assist you at your undressing, the little firm white breast, the adorable face, the hair tied up in a scarf a la creole."

"Conquest has made me what I am; conquest alone can maintain me."

"When you have an army of lions led by a deer, the lion army will lose. When you have an army of deer led by a lion, the deer army will win."

"Power is my mistress. I have worked too hard at her conquest to allow anyone to take her away from me."