"You can't destroy the polish national-consciousness or Poles on the battlefield, but if you give them power, they will destroy themselves."

"To retain the respect of the people, a government must be strong enough to punish crime, and rich enough to buy off the honest."

"With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and when I have to do with a pirate, I try to be a pirate and a half."

"Faust complained that he had two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole legion."

"The great reserve of any state is the stupidity of its foes."