Treaties are like roses and young girls. They last while they last.
Don't think of yourself as indispensable or infallible. The cemeteries of the world are full of indispensable men.
Old age is a shipwreck.
You start out giving your hat, then you give your coat, then your shirt, then your skin and finally your soul.
There can be no prestige without mystery, for familiarity breeds contempt.
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.