Fools you are. To say you learn by your experience. I prefer to profit by others' mistakes and avoid the price of my own.

A statesman... must wait until he hears the steps of God sounding through events, then leap up and grasp the hem of His garment.

Hounds follow those who feed them.

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

The nation that has the schools has the future.

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

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