A book may be as great a thing as a battle.

As a general rule, the most successful man in life is the man who has the best information.

The art of conversation is to be prompt without being stubborn, to refute without argument, and to clothe great matters in a motley garb.

I have lived long enough to know that the evening glow of love has its own riches and splendour.

People are defeated by easy, victorious and cheap successes more than by adversity.

There is magic in the memory of schoolboy friendships; it softens the heart, and even affects the nervous system of those who have no heart.

There can be no economy where there is no efficiency.