The Americans are a very lucky people. They're bordered to the north and south by weak neighbors, and to the east and west by fish.

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.

Fools learn from experience. I prefer to learn from the experience of others.

One can put some trust in the gratitude of a sovereign, and also in that of his family; under certain conditions, one can even rely upon it; but one can never expect anything from the gratitude of a nation.

The great questions of the day will not be settled by means of speeches and majority decisions but by iron and blood.

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

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