Let The Path Be Open To Talent.

Called To The Throne By The Voice Of The People, My Maxim Has Always Been: A Career Open To Talent Without Distinction Of Birth. It Is This System Of Equality For Which The European Oligarchy Detests Me

The Heart May Be Broken, And The Soul Remain Unshaken.

A Man Who Has No Consideration For The Needs Of His Men Ought Never To Be Given Command.

The Only True Conquests-those That Awaken No Regrets- Are Those Obtained Over Our Ignorance.

An Emperor Confides In National Soldiers, Not In Mercenaries.