A joke is a very serious thing.

Continuous effort - not strength or intelligence - is the key to unlocking our potential.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life.

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

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

Nothing in life is so exhilarating as to be shot at without result.

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.

My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me.