There are two metals, one of which is omnipotent in the cabinet, and the other in the camp--gold and iron. He that knows how to apply them both may indeed attain the highest station.

Some indeed there are who profess to despise all flattery, but even these are nevertheless to be flattered, by being told that they do despise it.

Men's arguments often prove nothing but their wishes.

Most importantly: Don't adjust your results to build up the ego of the chief strategist. Especially if the strategist is you.

It is a common observation that any fool can get money; but they are not wise that think so.

In science, reason is the guide; in poetry, taste. The object of the one is truth, which is uniform and indivisible; the object of the other is beauty, which is multiform and varied.

Much may be done in those little shreds and patches of time which every day produces, and which most men throw away.