There is no surer method of economizing and saving money than in the reduction of the number of officials.

We sit in calm, airy, silent rooms opening upon sunlit and embowered lawns, not a sound except of summer and of husbandry disturbs the peace; but seven million men, any ten thousand of whom could have annihilated the ancient armies, are in ceaseless battle from the Alps to the Ocean.

The latest refinements of science are linked with the cruelties of the Stone Age.

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.

The influence exercised over the human mind by apt analogies is and has always been immense. Whether they translate an established truth into simple language or whether they adventurously aspire to reveal the unknown, they are among the most formidable weapons of the rhetorician.

Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances.

We shape our dwellings, and afterwards our dwellings shape us.