In war it is not men, but the man who counts.
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
A book in which there were no lies would be a curiosity.
It is rare that a legislature reasons. It is too quickly impassioned.
Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.
What is the future? What is the past? What are we? What is the magic fluid that surrounds us and conceals the things we most need to know? We live and die in the midst of marvels.