[There are dangers in] the disposition to hunt down rich men as if they were noxious beasts.

Just to paint is great fun ... Try it if you have not done so - before you die.

I have not always been wrong. History will bear me out, particularly as I shall write that history myself.

Those who serve supreme causes must not consider what they can get but what they can give.

This is the type of arrant pedantry up with which I will not put.

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

There is, therefore, wisdom in reserving one's decisions as long as possible and until all the facts and forces that will be potent at the moment are revealed.