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

The luxury of one's own opinion.

When you want to fool the world, tell the truth.

Politics is like sausages, you don't want to watch either being made.

man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer

Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.

We are better off not knowing how sausages and laws are made.