Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.

A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.

One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even rely upon it; but one can never expect anything from the gratitude of a nation.

He obtained from Congress the right to borrow from the people by selling to it the 'bonds' of States ... and the Government and the nation escaped the plots of the foreign financiers. They understood at once, that the United States would escape their grip. The death of Lincoln was resolved upon.

The Balkans arent worth the life of a single Pomeranian grenadier.

You can do everything with bayonets, but you are not able to sit on them

Better pointed bullets than pointed words.