Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

The luxury of one's own opinion.

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

The statesman's task is to hear God's footsteps marching through history, and to try and catch on to His coattails as He marches past.

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.

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