The great thing about making cognac is that it teaches you above everything else to wait-man proposes, but time and God and the seasons have got to be on your side.

Via money Europe could become political in five years

Men only act in a state of necessity and usually only recognise necessity in a situation of crisis.

People only accept change when they are faced with necessity, and only recognize necessity when a crisis is upon them.

The great thing about making cognac is that it teaches you above everything else to wait-man proposes, but time and God and the seasons have got to be on your side.

Premature ideas do not exist, one must bide one's time until the right moment comes along.

There is no real peace in Europe, if the states are reconstituted on a basis of national sovereignty. (…) They must have larger markets. Their prosperity is impossible, unless the States of Europe form themselves in a European Federation.