Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.
Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge
He is like a female llama surprised in her bath.
In time of war, soldiers, however sensible, care a great deal more on some occasions about slaking their thirst than about the danger of enteric fever. Better known as typhoid, the disease is often spread by drinking contaminated water.
No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.
We must beware of trying to build a society in which nobody counts for anything except a politician or an official, a society where enterprise gains no reward and thrift no privileges