Is it possible to get another key? I think I've left mine in the room.

Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

I never worry about action, but only inaction.

Elderly people and those in authority cannot always be relied upon to take enlightened and comprehending views of what they call the indiscretions of youth.

Safety and certainty in oil lie in variety, and variety alone.

I cannot but think we have much to be thankful for, and more still to hope for in the future.

Be a peg, hammered into the frozen ground, immovable.