“Be polite; write diplomatically; even in a declaration of war one observes the rules of politeness.”

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

All treaties between great states cease to be binding when they come in conflict with the struggle for existence.

I am bored. The great things are done. The German Reich is made.

I consider even a victorious war as an evil, from which statesmanship must endeavor to spare nations.

Beware of sentimental alliances where the consciousness of good deeds is the only compensation for noble sacrifices.

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

Government is cancerous in head and limbs;only its belly is sound, and the laws it excretes are the most strightforward shit in the world.

Love is blind; friendship tries not to notice.

Laws are like medicine; they generally cure an evil by a lesser or a passing evil.

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

Hounds follow those who feed them.

Laws are like sausages, it is better not to see them being made.

A government must not waiver once it has chosen its course. It must not look to the left or right but go forward.

History is simply a piece of paper covered with print: the main thing is to make history, not to write it.

Nothing should be left to an invaded people except their eyes for weeping.

A generation that has taken a beating is always followed by a generation that deals one.

Be nice to everyone, always smile, and appreciate things because it could all be gone tomorrow.

He who fears to weep, should learn to be kind to those who weep.

I don’t wanna be propped up by tearing somebody else down.

I just want to work hard and be nice to people, and I feel like when you touch people in that way, on a more personal level, then they go to work the next day pushing for you.

We are all connected. When others are down, we help the fallen.

Just be nice to people and be someone people want to work with because if people don’t like working with you it’s just not going to work out.

The power of delicacy is the power of simplicity and elegance.

The way you treat yourself is how the people around you will treat you.