One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered.

One must indeed be ignorant of the methods of genius to suppose that it allows itself to be cramped by forms. Forms are for mediocrity, and it is fortunate that mediocrity can act only according to routine. Ability takes its flight unhindered.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

He is almost a statesman. He lies well.