There are no permanent alliances, only permanent interests..

Dirt is not dirty, but only something in the wrong place..

Peace is an Excellent Thing, and War is a great Misfortune. But there are Many things More valuable than Peace, and many Things Much worse than war. ….

The Schleswig-Holstein question is so complicated, only three men in Europe understood it. One was Prince Albert, who is dead. The second was a Germa….

Large republics seem to be essentially and inherently aggressive..

Dirt is matter in the wrong place..

We have no permanent allies, only permanent interests..

We have no eternal allies, and we have not perpetual enemies. Our interests are eternal and perpetual, and those interests it is our duty to follow..

Half the wrong conclusions at which mankind arrive are reached by the abuse of metaphors, and by mistaking general resemblance or imaginary similarit….

What is merit? The opinion one man entertains of another..