It is always more easy to discover and proclaim general principles than it is to apply them.

It is never possible to guarantee success, it is only possible to deserve it.

Leave to the masters of art trained by a lifetime of devotion the wonderful process of picture-building and picture creation. Go out into the sunlight and be happy with what you see.

Indomitable in retreat, invincible in advance; insufferable in victory.

Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

Do not trust any statistics you did not fake yourself.

I'd rather spend half an hour in the company of a top carpenter, than three hours in the company of an average brain surgeon