A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.
Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
There are two things you don't want to see being made - sausage and legislation.
Politics is not a science, as the professors are apt to suppose. It is an art.
We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made.
Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.