Metternich

And if Kerry pulls all this off, he's the Metternich of our times.

Metternich saw his advantage: his adversary had lost his temper and forgotten his dignity.

Whatever terms he might accept, and whatever Metternich might say, this war he felt sure was one for his extermination.

It was in vain that Metternich endeavoured to entangle the new Czar in the diplomatic web that had so long held his predecessor.