We have no permanent allies, only permanent interests.

We have no eternal allies, and we have not perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow.

Dirt is matter in the wrong place.

Large republics seem to be essentially and inherently aggressive.

There are no permanent alliances, only permanent interests.

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

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