To understand the man you have to know what was happening in the world when he was twenty.
The only victory over love is flight.
Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.
The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.
The only one who is wiser than anyone is everyone.
England is a nation of shopkeepers.