Good policy makes good politics and what I've done has been good politics.
It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear but the pale and the hungry-looking.
In war events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
If you must break the law do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.
I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.
Never let the fear of striking out keep you from playing the game.
If you have everything under control, you're not moving fast enough
Thought is an errand boy, fear a mine of...
