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

The most significant event of the 20th century will be the fact that the North Americans speak English.

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

We live in a wondrous time in which the strong is weak because of his moral scruples and the weak grows strong because of his audacity.

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

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

Faust complained about having two souls in his breast, but I harbor a whole crowd of them and they quarrel. It is like being in a republic.