He is brilliant - to the top of his boots.

Once blood is shed in a national quarrel reason and right are swept aside by the rage of angry men.

Death is the most convenient time to tax rich people.

We are fighting Germany, Austria and drink, and as far as I can see, the greatest of these three deadly foes is drink.

God has chosen little nations as the vessels by which He carries His choicest wines to the lips of humanity to rejoice their hearts, to exalt their vision, to strengthen their faith, and if we had stood by when two little nations [Belgium and Serbia] were being crushed and broken by the brutal hands of barbarians, our shame would have rung down the everlasting ages.

Aristrocracy is like cheese. The older it is the higher it becomes.

[The General Staff] maintained three sets of casualty figures, one to fool the public, one to fool the Government and one to fool themselves.