John Hay

“There are three species of creatures who when they seem coming are going, when they seem going they are coming: diplomats, women, and crabs.”

“True luck consists not in holding the best of the cards at the table; luckiest is he who knows just when to rise and go home.”

“The nation that would have a navy must be a nation of sailors.”

“The work of the world is done by people who are not feeling well.”

“A treaty is the promise of a nation.”

“The first step in progress is to lose your balance.”

“The Opposition, in order to get power, must render the Government unpopular, and the easiest way to do that is to make it responsible for the public distress.”

“I know there is a God, and that He hates injustice and slavery.”

“The light of a whole life dies when love is done.”

“My politics are short and sweet, like the old woman's dance.”

“Loyalty is the holiest good in the human heart.”

“Go to the Scriptures... the joyful promises it contains will be a balsam to all your troubles.”