The king reigns but does not govern.

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.

Do what is right and what is good." -- Bryeison to Alasdair before going to his death on the battlefield.

There is only one way to happiness and that is through service.

Those men get along best with women who can get along best without them.

I dare not exercise personal liberty if it infringes on the liberty of others.

The world is your canvas and your teacher.Take a day to reflect, measure and adjust on your goals; progress is essential to continued success.

If the poor rabbits knew I was selling their dead bodies for wine, they would be heartbroken.

An appeal is when you ask one court to show its contempt for another court.

The hats were nearly all as though made by somebody who had once heard about flowers but never seen one huge muffs of horror.

To say a thing is natural is to condone it, never to praise it.

To work is to live without dying.