We should wash our dirty linen at home.

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

The tools belong to the man who can use them.

A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.

As a rule it is circumstances that make men.

Give me a man with a good allowance of nose,... when I want any good head-work done I choose a man - provided his education has been suitable - with a long nose.

It is not necessary to bury the truth. It is sufficient merely to delay it until nobody cares.