"Politics is the art of swallowing one's words."

"The great questions of the day will not be decided by speeches and majority resolutions—that was the great mistake of 1848 and 1849—but by iron and blood."

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

"With a gentleman, I am always a gentleman and a half, and with a fraud, I try to be a fraud and a half."

"In my politics, I may be attacked, but I only laugh about it. But when it comes to hunting, that's where the fun stops, that's where it gets serious."