A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
Preventive war is like committing suicide out of fear of death.
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.
I am accustomed to pay men back in their own coin.
Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.