"Don't hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft!"

"Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time."

"Whenever you are asked if you can do a job, tell 'em, 'Certainly I can!' - and get busy and find out how to do it."

"Practical efficiency is common, and lofty idealism not uncommon; it is the combination which is necessary, and the combination is rare"

"The best executive is one who has sense enough to pick good people to do what he wants done, and self-restraint enough to keep from meddling with them while they do it."

"A just war is in the long run far better for a nation's soul than the most prosperous peace obtained by acquiescence in wrong or injustice."

"What is life? An illusion, a shadow, a story, And the greatest good is little enough: for all life is a dream, and dreams themselves are only dreams."

"The best car safety device is a rear-view mirror with a cop in it."

"Time invested in improving ourselves cuts down on time wasted in disapproving of others."

"I confess I do not know why, but looking at the stars always makes me dream."

"What one has not experienced one will never understand in print."

"War is only a continuation of state policy by other means."