In most things success depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

To become truly great, one has to stand with people, not above them.

There is no nation so powerful, as the one that obeys its laws not from principals of fear or reason, but from passion.

An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.

The sublimity of administration consists in knowing the proper degree of power that should be exerted on different occasions.

The less men think, the more they talk.

False happiness renders men stern and proud, and that happiness is never communicated. True happiness renders them kind and sensible, and that happiness is always shared.

Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.

An author is a fool who, not content with boring those he lives with, insists on boring future generations.

Friendship is an arrangement by which we undertake to exchange small favors for big ones.

There should be weeping at a man's birth, not at his death.

Few kids seek to learn a skill specifically designed to impress people unless they feel less than impressive themselves.

The past cannot survive in your presence. It can only survive in your absence.

- Growth has its season. There are spring and summer, but there are also fall and winter. And then spring and summer again. As long as the roots are not severed, all is well and all be well.

The simple man, baby, pays for the thrills, the bills, and the pills that kill.

I have a pretty easy life.

If a tax cut increases government revenues, you haven't cut taxes enough.

My favourite shows of the year are House of Cards, the Scandinavian versions of The Killing and The Bridge, and my guilty pleasure is everything MMA. Ultimate Fighter is amazing.

I know how difficult my rookie year in the NFL was and I know how competitive this sport is.

All rooms ought to look as if they were lived in, and to have so to say, a friendly welcome ready for the incomer.

Clear thinking becomes clear writing; one can't exist without the other.