I have often regretted what I have eaten, but never what I have drunk.
When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of carrying it out in practice.
All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.
I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.
I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.
Fools you are. To say you learn by your experience. I prefer to profit by others' mistakes and avoid the price of my own.