You can't destroy the polish national-consciousness or Poles on the battlefield, but if you give them power, they will destroy themselves

Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.

Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.

The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

Politics is not a science, as the professors are apt to suppose. It is an art.