My subject is my life, and my life is my subject.
Politics ruins the character.
People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.
The Catholic priest, from the moment he becomes a priest, is a sworn officer of the pope.
The most significant event of the 20th century will be the fact that the North Americans speak English.
I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.