There are two things you don't want to see being made - sausage and legislation.
Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.
A journalist is a person who has mistaken their calling.
Hounds follow those who feed them.
Never fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.
Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.