War should only be used for a policy worth its sacrifices.

The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night

I have often regretted what I have eaten, but never what I have drunk.

The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope.

Politics is not a science, as the professors are apt to suppose. It is an art.

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

The luxury of one's own opinion.