Political judgment is the ability to hear the distant hoofbeats of the horse of history.

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.

Live every day as if it is a festival. Turn your life into a celebration

Writers don't forget the past

No statement about God is simply literally true. God is far more than can be measured described defined in ordinary language or pinned down to any particular happening.

The pride of learning is against the dependent humility of prayer.

When the gods were more manlike, Men were more godlike.

You have to have the definition of what you're trying to do across the system.

Fear is sweat, but terror is addictive.

Love does not begin and end the way we seem to think it does. Love is a battle, love is a war; love is a growing up.

Unless the trade deficit shrinks, the combination of the trade deficit and the interest and dividend payments to foreigners will grow ever more rapidly.

Nothing mortal is enduring, and there is nothing sweet which does not presently end in bitterness.