Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

I do not regard the procuring of peace as a matter in which we should play the role of arbiter between different opinions ... more that of an honest broker who really wants to press the business forward.

A Bavarian is half-way between an Austrian and a human being.

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.

Let us put Germany, so to speak, in the saddle! you will see that she can ride.

Laws are like sausages. You sleep far better the less you know about how they are made.

Even the most favorable outcome of the war will never lead to the decomposition of the main forces of Russia, which is based on millions of Russian ... The latter, even if they break up international treaties, just as quickly re-connect with each other, like pieces of a particle of mercury.