That is the whole secret of successful fighting. Get your enemy at a disadvantage; and never, on any account, fight him on equal terms.

A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.

I myself have been particularly careful never to say a civil word to the United States. I have scoffed at their inhabitants as a nation of villagers. I have defined the 100 % American as 99 % an idiot. And they adore me.

He who can, does. He who cannot, teaches.

Man can climb to the highest summits, but he cannot dwell there long.

The fact is that the intrinsic worth of the book, play or whatever the author is trying to sell is the least, last factor in the the whole transaction.

Set me anything to do as a task, and it is inconceivable the desire I have to do something else.