"Never participate in the secrets of those above you; you think you share the fruit, and you share the stones - the confidence of a prince is not a grant, but a tax"

"Be content to act, and leave the talking to others."

"We often have to put up with most from those on whom we most depend."

"Those who insist on the dignity of their office show they have not deserved it."

"Great ability develops and reveals itself increasingly with every new assignment."

"The things we remember best are those better forgotten."

"Aspire rather to be a hero than merely appear one."

"One must pass through the circumference of time before arriving at the center of opportunity."

"At 20 a man is a peacock, at 30 a lion, at 40 a camel, at 50 a serpent, at 60 a dog, at 70 an ape, and at 80 nothing."

"Luck can be assisted. It is not all chance with the wise."

"Begin with another's to end with your own."

"Let the first impulse pass, wait for the second."

"It is better to sleep on things beforehand than lie awake about them afterwards."

"I strive to be brief, and I become obscure."

"To equal a predecessor, one must have twice they worth."

"He that communicates his secret to another makes himself that other's slave."

"Quit while you're ahead. All the best gamblers do."

"Attempt easy tasks as if they were difficult, and difficult as if they were easy; in the one case that confidence may not fall asleep, in the other that it may not be dismayed."

"He that has satisfied his thirst turns his back on the well."

“I do remember, and then when I try to remember, I forget.”

“It is hard to be brave, when you're only a Very Small Animal.”

“So perhaps the best thing to do is to stop writing Introductions and get on with the book.”

“We'll be friends until forever, just you wait and see”

“There must be somebody there, because somebody must have said "Nobody.”