We Germans fear God, but nothing else in the world.

The less people know about how sausages and laws are made, the better they'll sleep at night

One day the great European War will come out of some damned foolish thing in the Balkans (1888).

man cannot control the current of events. he can only float with them and steer

The main thing is to make history, not to write it.

There is a Providence that protects idiots, drunkards, children and the United States of America.

A bad plan that is well executed will yield much better results than a good plan that is poorly executed.