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.

A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.

I have seen three emperors in their nakedness, and the sight was not inspiring.

Laws are like sausages. You sleep far better the less you know about how they are made.

The luxury of one's own opinion.

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

There are two things civilized Man should never see being made: Sausages and Laws.