Never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter.

There comes a special moment in everyone's life, a moment for which that person was born. That special opportunity, when he seizes it, will fulfill his mission - a mission for which he is uniquely qualified. In that moment, he will find greatness. It is his finest hour.

The worst mistake that a statesman can make is to promise victory and to see it dashed, the hopes dashed.

Don't give your sons money. Give them horses. Many a good son has been ruined through the acquisition of money but no good son has been ruined through the acquisition of horses. Unless they fell and broke their neck, which when taken at the gallop is a very good death to die.

Maybe" when it seems the entire world is shouting "no!

If you put two economists xin a room, you get two opinions, unless one of them is Lord Keynes, in which case you get three opinions.

I pass with relief from the tossing sea of Cause and Theory to the firm ground of Result and Fact.