"I have often been accused of cruelty, but I have never been cruel without reason."

"I see nothing but good in following the example of the most civilized nations, and in introducing into Russia all that is useful and necessary."

"For you know yourself that, though a thing be good, if it be new, the people will not do it without compulsion."

"The greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"I have no time for those who are idle."