Be amusing: never tell unkind stories; above all, never tell long ones.
Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.
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.
I will not go down to posterity talking bad grammar.
The tendency of an advanced civilization is in truth monarchy.
Finality is not the language of politics.