“I am prepared for the worst, but hope for the best.”

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

The world is weary of statesmen whom democracy has degraded into politicians.

Never take anything for granted.

Man is not the creature of circumstances, circumstances are the creatures of men. We are free agents, and man is more powerful than matter.

Nowadays, manners are easy and life is hard.

Fear makes us feel our humanity.

Read no history: nothing but biography, for that is life without theory.

A majority is always better than the best repartee.

Colonies do not cease to be colonies because they are independent.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Success is the child of audacity.

You can tell the strength of a nation by the women behind its men.

It is much easier to be critical than to be correct.

Never apologize for showing feeling. When you do so, you apologize for the truth.

Let the fear of a danger be a spur to prevent it; he that fears not, gives advantage to the danger.

There is no education like adversity.