Intelligence is not to make no mistakes, but quickly to see how to make them good.

The darkest hour has only 60 minutes

To have a respect for ourselves guides our morals; to have a deference for others governs our manners.

We mustbe part of the general staff at the inception, rather than the ambulancedrivers at the bitter end.

Every man is wanted; and no man is wanted much.

The young man knows the rules, but the old man knows the exceptions.

Don'thate, it's too big a burden to bear.

Sometimesone pays most for the things one gets for nothing.

To understand everything is to forgive everything.

Inbusiness, you don't get what you deserve, you get what you negotiate.

I hold it to be a proof of great prudence for men toabstain from threats and insulting words toward an enemy, for neither ...diminishes the strength of the enemy; but the one makes him more cautious,and the other increases his hatred of you and makes him

I don't like that man. I'm going to have to get to knowhim better.