Anyone who has ever looked into the glazed eyes of a soldier dying on the battlefield will think hard before starting a war.
Politics is no exact science.
My subject is my life, and my life is my subject.
To retain respect for sausages and laws, one must not watch them in the making.
The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope.
Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.