Sentimental irony is a dog that bays at the moon while pissing on graves.
Lord, forgive them, for they know what they do!
The most incomprehensible talk comes from people who have no other use for language than to make themselves understood.
A weak man has doubts before a decision; a strong man has them afterwards.
Diplomacy is a game of chess in which the nations are checkmated.
You'd be surprised how hard it can often be to translate an action into an idea.