It is a good thing to stand away from the canvas from time to time and take a full view of the picture.

It is easier to give directions than advice, and more agreeable to have the right to act, even in a limited sphere, than the privilege to talk at large.

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

If you want me to speak for two minutes, it will take me three weeks of preparation. If you want me to speak for thirty minutes, it will take me a week to prepare. If you want me to speak for an hour, I am ready now.

Young people at universities study to achieve knowledge and not to learn a trade. We must all learn how to support ourselves, but we must also learn how to live. We need a lot of engineers in the modern world, but we do not want a world of modern engineers.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.

Nothing makes a man more reverent than a library.