The men who loom most largely in the public eye are men of little or no personality. They are marionettes who dance to the wires pulled by a master hand.
It’s dangerous to think back, one becomes quite positive about something that never existed.
If one man does not make a move, the other must, and by permitting the adversary to make the attack one learns something about him.
He laughs best who laughs at the end.
Do you not know that all celebrated detectives have brothers who would be even more celebrated than they are were it not for constitutional indolence?
A man who keeps calm has always a great advantage.
