A man cannot free himself from the past more easily than he can from his own body.

Business is a combination of war and sport.

Above all things, never be afraid. The enemy who forces you to retreat is himself afraid of you at that very moment.

Conversation would be vastly improved by the constant use of four simple words: I do not know.

There are certain persons for whom pure Truth is a poison.

People are what you make them. A scornful look turns into a complete fool a man of average intelligence. A contemptuous indifference turns into an enemy a woman who, well treated, might have been an angel.

Live as if you were eternal.