It would be a great reform in politics if perception could be made to spread as easily and as rapidly as foolishness.

It is my belief, you cannot deal with the most serious things in the world unless you understand the most amusing.

We must learn from misfortune the means of future strength.

An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later.

For good or for ill, air mastery is today the supreme expression of military power and fleets and armies, however vital and important, must accept a subordinate rank.

Un pesimista ve la dificultad en cada oportunidad; un optimista ve una oportunidad en cada dificultad

A love of tradition has never weakened a nation.