"I am only the first servant of the state."

"A man who is too sensitive to the world and too much given to reflection will find it hard to endure the slings and arrows of misfortune."

"The art of war is simple enough. Find out where your enemy is. Get at him as soon as you can. Strike him as hard as you can, and keep moving on."

"Religion is the idol of the mob; it adores everything it does not understand."

"He who defends everything defends nothing."