We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

The cultivation of a hobby and new forms of interest is a policy of first importance to a public man.

Politics are very much like war. We may even have to use poison gas at times.

A man must choose his own way of life, and…it is only by following out one’s own bent that there can be the really harmonious life.” [In an interview conducted by Bram Stoker]

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

If you simply take up the attitude of defending a mistake, there will no hope of improvement.

Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but heroes fight like Greeks.