Sweet are the thoughts that savour of content, The quiet mind is richer than a crown...

You must always be prepared to place a bet on yourself, on your future, by heading in a direction that others seem to fear.

Never waste valuable time, or mental peace of mind, on the affairs of others—that is too high a price to pay.

True genius, in strategy or anywhere, lies in self-control, self-mastery, presence of mind, fluidity of thought.

Mastery is not a function of genius or talent. It is a function of time and intense focus applied to a particular field of knowledge.

Mistakes and failures are precisely your means of education. They tell you about your own inadequacies.

Be Royal in your Own Fashion: Act like a King to be treated

It is in fact the height of selfishness to merely consume what others create and to retreat into a shell of limited goals and immediate pleasures.

The world wants to assign you a role in life. And once you accept that role you are doomed.

Lord, protect me from my friends; I can take care of my enemies.

No moment is wasted if you pay attention and learn the lessons contained in every experience.

No buddy is perfect

I'm not going to Wall Street [after the presidency]. The amount of time that I'll be investing in issues is going to be high. But it'll be necessarily in a different capacity.

There is a great deal of human nature in man.

Say what you will, nothing can make a complete soldier except battle experience.

But I used to have a bit of a gambling problem. And that would have been the answer to my prayers. It got worse when I started playing this character, too.

Man's maturity: to have regained the seriousness that he had as a child at play.

A councilor ought not to sleep the whole night through, a man to whom the populace is entrusted, and who has many responsibilities.

I've never been able to do just one draft. That seems a wonderful thing. Do you know anyone who can?

I think I cause a lot of headaches for editors - it's impossible to keep up with the ridiculous amount of changes I make.

D'you know, I put so much petrol in me car the other day, I couldn't get in!