"The only real security that a man can have in this world is a reserve of knowledge, experience and ability."

"Thinking is the hardest work there is, which is probably the reason why so few engage in it."

"Even a mistake may turn out to be the one thing necessary to a worthwhile achievement."

"Time and money spent in helping men to do more for themselves is far better than mere giving."

"Every scar carries the quiet memory of a battle faced and survived. In this truth lies the bedrock of all virtue — an essential principle for the reflective life."

"If history repeats itself, and the unexpected always happens, how incapable must Man be of learning from experience."

"I normally ignore the History Channel."

"History does nothing it does not possess immense riches, it does not fight battles. It is men, real, living, who do all this."