Whoever speaks of Europe is wrong: it is a geographical expression.

Only a fool learns from his own mistakes. The wise man learns from the mistakes of others.

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

What we learn from History is that no one learns from History

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.

God has a special providence for fools, drunks, and the United States of America.

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

The secret of politics? Make a good treaty with Russia.

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

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 fight with Russian. On your every stratagem they answer unpredictable stupidity.

PAUL: ...We’re a very close family. We don’t take kindly to people playing Daily Mail on our family for no good reason.

Better to be blinded by love than hate

I doubt if hard work, steadily and regularly carried on, ever yet hurt anybody.

Life is consciousness.

A man who is not afraid of the sea will soon be drowned, for he will be going out on a day when he shouldn't.

Read the most useful books, and that regularly and constantly.

Never underestimate the power that one good workout can have on your mind. Keeping the dream alive is half the battle.

If you set out to take Vienna, take Vienna.

Before you do something to help, your presence already can bring some relief.

We pretend to be strong because we are weak.