You haven't learned life's lesson very well if you haven't noticed that you can give the tone or colour, or decide the reaction you want of people in advance. It's unbelievable simply. If you want them to take an interest in you, take an interest in them first. If you want to make them nervous, become nervous yourself...It's as simple as that. People will treat you as you treat them. It's no secret. Look about you. You can prove it with the next person you meet.

My greatest good fortune in a life of brilliant experiences has been to find you, and to lead my life with you. I don't feel far away from you out here at all. I feel very near in my heart; and also I feel that the nearer I get to honour, the nearer I am to you.

How I hated schools, and what a life of anxiety I lived there. I counted the hours to the end of every term, when I should return home.

You never can tell whether bad luck may not after all turn out to be good luck.

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

A small lie needs a bodyguard of bigger lies to protect it.

I'm just preparing my impromptu remarks.