Although I was prepared for martyrdom,
I preferred that it be postponed.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile,
hoping it will eat him last.
Un pessimiste voit la difficulté dans chaque opportunité,
un optimiste voit l'opportunité dans chaque difficulté.
Sous le capitalisme, les gens ont davantage de voitures.
Sous le communisme, ils ont davantage de parkings.
Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter.
The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.