To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real.

Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last.

Who is not liberal when young, does not have a heart. Who is not conservative when old, does not have a brain.

Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.

If you want to discover new oceans, you must first have the courage to leave shore.

When a nation has allowed itself to fall under a tyrannical regime, it cannot be absolved from the faults due to the guilt of that regime.

When danger is far off we may think of our weakness; when it is near we must not forget our strength.