Our free trade plan is quite simple. We say that every [citizen] shall have the right to buy whatever he wants, wherever he wants, at his own good pleasure, without restriction or discouragement from the state.

The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.

Success and happiness spring from facing failure after failure with enthusiasm.

Don't argue about the difficulties. The difficulties will argue for themselves.

I began my education at a very early age; in fact, right after I left college.

The great defence against aerial menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

Like a sea-beast fished up from the depths, or a diver too suddenly hoisted, my veins threatened to burst from the fall in pressure. I had great anxiety and no means of relieving it ... And then it was that the Muse of Painting came to my rescue - out of charity and out of chivalry ... - and said, "Are these toys any good to you? They amuse some people."