Large republics seem to be essentially and inherently aggressive.

Dirt is matter in the wrong place.

The Schleswig-Holstein question is so complicated, only three men in Europe understood it. One was Prince Albert, who is dead. The second was a German professor who went mad. I am the third and I have forgotten all about it

There are no permanent alliances, only permanent interests.

What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another.

Half the wrong conclusions at which mankind arrive are reached by the abuse of metaphors, and by mistaking general resemblance or imaginary similarity for real identity.

We have no permanent allies, only permanent interests.