"He who has once been a minister never quite ceases to be one."

"There is so much having to do in my life that I rarely get to want to do."

"Life is like being at the dentist. You always think the worst is still to come, and it is over already."

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

"The main thing is to make history, not to write it."