A modest little person, with much to be modest about.

I am weary of a task which is done and I hope I shall not shrink when the aftermath ends. My only wish is to live peacefully out the remaining years - if years they be.

Curse ruthless time! Curse our mortality. How cruelly short is the allotted span for all we must cram into it!

One time he was asked if he believed in an afterlife. After a moment's hesitation he said no, that he thought there was only "some kind of velvety cool blackness," adding then: "Of course, I admit I may be wrong. It is conceivable that I might well be reborn as a Chinese coolie. In such case I should lodge a protest."

When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.

It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

There are no people in the world who are so slow to develop hostile feelings against a foreign country as the Americans, and no people who, once estranged, are more difficult to win back.