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.
Don't give your son money. As far as you can afford it, give him horses.
To jaw-jaw is always better than to war-war.
It is sheer laziness not compressing thought into a reasonable space.
In order to become a great man, one must first be a great rascal.
After a time, civil servants tend to become no longer servants and no longer civil.