He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

When I give a minister an order, I leave it to him to find the means to carry it out.

Brave deeds are the monuments of brave men.

I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to God.

The nature of Christ's existence is mysterious, I admit; but this mystery meets the wants of man. Reject it, and the world is an inexplicable riddle; believe it, and the history of our race is satisfactorily explained.

The heart of a statesman should be in his head.

Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.