One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).

Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.

Politics is not a science...but an art.

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.

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.

Fools you are. To say you learn by your experience. I prefer to profit by others' mistakes and avoid the price of my own.

Better pointed bullets than pointed words.