People never lie so much as after a hunt, during a war or before an election.

Politics are not a science based on logic; they are the capacity of always choosing at each instant, in constantly changing situations, the least harmful, the most useful.

Politics is no exact science.

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

Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.

No civilization other than that which is Christian, is worth seeking or possessing.

With a gentleman I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud I try to be a fraud and a half.