History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.

It is the destiny of the weak to be devoured by the strong.

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.

Never believe anything in politics until it has been officially denied.

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

The luxury of one's own opinion.

Politics ruins the character.