"The greatest danger to Germany's future is not the French or the Russians, but the Germans themselves."

"A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success."

"I am a man of peace, but I must fight for it."

"History is simply a piece of paper covered with a jumble of figures."

"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."