Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.

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

The leader must aim high, see big, judge widely, thus setting himself apart form the ordinary people who debate in narrow confines.

Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.

I have come to the conclusion that politics are too serious a matter to be left to the politicians.

It is not tolerable, it is not possible, that from so much death, so much sacrifice and ruin, so much heroism, a greater and better humanity shall not emerge.

In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.