There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat.

You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.

There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat.

Today when a man gets married he gets a home, a housekeeper, a cook, a cheering squad and another paycheck. When a woman marries, she gets a boarder. To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.

When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.

Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.