Generals are fascinating cases of arrested development - after all, at five all of us wanted to be generals.

The stupidity of a stupid man is exercised in a restricted field; the stupidity of an intelligent man has a much wider diffusion, and a far greater effect, aided as it is by the element of surprise.

Men think about women. Women think about what men think about them

It's wrong to flog a man. It's against his being a man.

If you're going to be a prisoner of your own mind, the least you can do is make sure it's well furnished.

Corruption is nature's way of restoring our faith in democracy.

Contrary to general belief, I do not believe that friends are necessarily the people you like best, they are merely the people who got there first.