The spirit of liberty is the spirit which is not too sure it is right.

My people and I have come to an agreement that satisfies us both. They are to say what they please, and I am to do what I please.

You have all the characteristics of a popular politician: a horrible voice, bad breeding, and a vulgar manner.

Do that which consists in taking no action, and order will prevail.

He may be a patriot for Austria, but the question is whether he is a patriot for me.

You campaign in poetry. You govern in prose.

Treaties, you see, are like girls and roses: they last while they last.

On the loftiest throne in the world, we still sit only on our own rump.