There is no working middle course in wartime.

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

One can usually put one's thoughts better in one's own words.

Please put the ladybug outside without harming her. (to his butler)

Today I may way before an awestruck world; I am still master of my fate. I am still captain of my soul.

Everybody stumbles across a golden opportunity at least once in a lifetime. Unfortunately most people just pick themselves up, dust themselves down, and walk away from it.

Preparation is - if not the key to genius - then at least the key to sounding like a genius.