Bismarck, the man of iron, to the last day of his life was tenderly
devoted to his wife, using the most endearing terms in writing to her.
While he was in Paris, during the early days of their married life, he
wrote to her:
They say that here one may see the most beautiful women in
the world--women whose charms are a scepter more powerful
than a king's. I have seen them all, my little heart, and
now I know why you hold me in such unbreakable chains; for
there is none of all these fair ones so richly dowered as my
darling with all that gives a woman empire over the hearts
of men.
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge.