Many battles have been fought and won by soldiers nourished on beer, and the King does not believe that coffee-drinking soldiers can be relied upon to endure hardships in case of another war.

Great things are achieved only when we take great risks.

All religions must be tolerated ... every man must go to heaven in his own way. [Die Religionen müssen alle toleriert werden ... denn hier muss ein jeder nach seiner Fasson selig werden.]

The more I see of men, the better I like my dog.

Diplomacy without military might is like music without instruments.

Great advantage is drawn from knowledge of your adversary, and when you know the measure of his intelligence and character, you can use it to play on his weakness.

Every man has a wild beast within him.

A man, who can, in cold blood, hunt and torture a poor, innocent animal, cannot feel much compassion for the distress of his own species.

The greatest and noblest pleasure which we have in this world is to discover new truths, and the next is to shake off old prejudices.

No government can exist without taxation. The money must necessarily be levied on the people; and the grand art consists of levying so as not to oppress.

A crown is merely a hat that lets the rain in.

If you think you're too small to have an impact, try going to bed with a mosquito in the room.

I salute your level of patience if you watch these daily soaps. I cannot kill because there's not enough space for graveyards.

Read as you taste fruit or savor wine, or enjoy friendship, love or life.

At different times I taught humanities, social sciences and pre-vocational education.

Love is fickle and fleeting," Tsukiko continues. "It is rarely a solid foundation for decisions to be made upon, in any game.

I'm the empty stage where various actors act out various plays.

My singing ability is zilch.

Even though I hate acting, I love doing videos for my songs.

To see your drama clearly is to be liberated from it.

Human science is an uncertain guess.