Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.

In time of war, when truth is so precious, it must be attended by a bodyguard of lies.

In war, you can only be killed once, but in politics, many times.

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party.

An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

If you are going through hell, keep going.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity. An optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

We are all worms, but I do believe I am a glowworm.