Honours should go where death and danger go…
Persevere towards those objectives which are lighted for us by all the wisdom and inspiration of the past.
Study history, study history. In history lie all the secrets of statecraft.
After things are over it is easy to choose the fine mental and moral positions which one should adopt.
Often in the casual remarks of great men one learns their true mind in an intimate way.
One mark of a great man is the power of making lasting impressions upon people he meets.
Those who serve supreme causes must not consider what they can get but what they can give.
Strength is granted to us all when we are needed to serve great causes.
Give us the tools, and we will finish the job.
…it is much better to be frightened now than to be killed hereafter.
One always measures friendships by how they show up in bad weather.
If you destroy a free market you create a black market.
In finance, everything that is agreeable is unsound and everything that is sound is disagreeable.
United wishes and goodwill cannot overcome brute facts.
Facts are better than dreams.
You must look at facts, because they look at you.
Evils can be created much quicker than they can be cured.
…how little we should worry about anything except doing our best.
Rare and precious is the truly disinterested man.
Only one link in the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

