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.

All wisdom is not new wisdom.

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.

Do not criticize your government when out of the country. Never cease to do so when at home

War is mainly a catalogue of blunders.

It is hard, if not impossible, to snub a beautiful woman - they remain beautiful and the snub recoils.

When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.