Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.
There’s no merit in discipline under ideal circumstances. I’ll have it in the face of death, or it’s useless.
Past glories are poor feeding.
To succeed, planning alone is insufficient. One must improvise as well.
Never let your sense of morals prevent you from doing what is right!
It pays to be obvious, especially if you have a reputation for subtlety.
It is the chief characteristic of the religion of science that it works.
It has been my philosophy of life that difficulties vanish when faced boldly.
If you’re born in a cubicle and grow up in a corridor, and work in a cell, and vacation in a crowded sun-room, then coming up into the open with nothing but sky over you might just give you a nervous breakdown.
I consider violence an uneconomical way of attaining an end. There are always better substitutes, though they may sometimes be a little less direct.
Courtiers don’t take wagers against the king’s skill. There is the deadly danger of winning.
Childishness comes almost as naturally to a man as to a child.
