We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.
Politics is the art of the possible, the attainable — the art of the next best
You can't destroy the polish national-consciousness or Poles on the battlefield, but if you give them power, they will destroy themselves
When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.
A really great man is known by three signs: generosity in the design, humanity in the execution, moderation in success.
Politics is not a science, as the professors are apt to suppose. It is an art.