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

"The Austrians are like babies; they always cry after they have been beaten."

"The strong man is the one who can interpose himself and say 'no'."

"Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent."

"My mistresses do not in the least engage my feelings. Power is my mistress."