“You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.”

“You wish to sail a ship up stream by lighting a fire under its decks, I have no time for such nonsense.”

“I hope before long to press you in my arms and shall shower on you a million burning kisses as under the Equator.”

“As for me, to love you alone, to make you happy, to do nothing which would contradict your wishes, this is my destiny and the meaning of my life.”

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

“I have seen only yoU, I have admired only yoU, I desire only You”

“If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.”