The British nation is unique in this respect. They are the only people who like to be told how bad things are, who like to be told the worst.

The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidity of the ignorant.

I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable.

Perfectionism spells paralysis.

Time is one thing that can never be retrieved. One may lose and regain friends. One may lose and regain money. Opportunity, once spurned, may come again. But the hours that are lost in idleness can never be brought back to be used in gainful pursuits

We proceeded systematically, village by village and we destroyed the houses, filled up the wells, blew down the towers, cut down the shady trees, burned the crops and broke the reservoirs in punitive devastation.

It is of no account; after all, the old bird does not fly far from his nest.