A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits become more nimble.

Never does a man portray his character more vividly than when proclaiming the character of another.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

You must be prepared for further efforts of mind and body and further sacrifices to great causes, if you are not to fall back into the rut if inertia, the confusion of aim and the craven fear of being great.

No sky is heavy if the heart be light

Do not turn the superior eye of critical passivity upon these efforts .... We must not be ambitious. We cannot aspire to masterpieces. We may content ourselves with a joy ride in a paint-box.

Never give up on something that you can't go a day without thinking about.