A religion without mystics is a philosophy.

Whilst we deliberate how to begin a thing, it grows too late to begin it.

We should not speak so that it is possible for the audience to understand us, but so that it is impossible for them to misunderstand us.

We excuse our sloth under the pretext of difficulty.

Write quickly and you will never write well; write well, and you will soon write quickly.

One should aim not at being possible to understand, but at being impossible to misunderstand.

While we are making up our minds as to when we shall begin. the opportunity is lost.

A mediocre speech supported by all the power of delivery will be more impressive than the best speech unaccompanied by such power.

Study depends on the goodwill of the student, a quality that cannot be secured by compulsion.

We must form our minds by reading deep rather than wide.

An evil-speaker differs from an evil-doer only in the want of opportunity.

Stop using him, and start protecting him. I know he thinks he doesn't need it, but sometimes he does. Sometimes we all do.

[N]o lie can live forever...

In this life, you have winners and losers. the more you win, the higher you go.

Nobody ever asks a father how he manages to combine marriage and a career.

When befriended, remember it; when you befriend, forget it.

Most people dont think about race as much as I do. They dont have to.

I was thinking - if we get a cell with a trouser press, we can make cheese toasties.

War is a grim, cruel business, a business justified only as a means of sustaining the forces of good against those of evil.

I think it's very important to have a feedback loop, where you're constantly thinking about what you've done and how you could be doing it better.

What I like most about cigars is simply sitting and talking with other men… Some of the best conversations I’ve ever had with men have been over a cigar.