I feel not a person but an instrument of destiny.

Patriotism is when love of your own people comes first; nationalism, when hate for people other than your own comes first.

No, I'm not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!

In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.

Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.

The graveyards are full of indispensable men.

Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.