The perfection preached in the gospels never yet built an empire. Every man of action has a strong dose of egotism, pride, hardness, and cunning.

You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.

Hearing Mass is the ceremony I most favor during my travels. Church is the only place where someone speaks to me and I do not have to answer back.

No, I'm not talking about the Russians; I mean the Germans. In spite of everything, to have pushed so far!

Since a politician never believes what he says, he is quite surprised to be taken at his word.

A man of character finds a special attractiveness in difficulty, since it is only by coming to grips with difficulty that he can realize his potentialities.

Old age is a shipwreck.