The True Statesman Is The One Who

Whereas Ordinary Officers Must Be Content With Behaving Correctly In Front Of Their Men, The Great Leaders Have Always Carefully Stage-managed Their Effects.

Nothing More Enhances Authority Than Silence. It Is The Crowning Virtue Of The Strong, The Refuge Of The Weak, The Modesty Of The Proud, The Pride Of The Humble, The Prudence Of The Wise, And The Sense Of Fools. To Speak Is To . . . Dissipate One's Strength; Whereas What Action Demands Is Concentration. Silence Is A Necessary Preliminary To The Ordering Of One's Thoughts.

I Feel Not A Person But An Instrument Of Destiny.

In The Tumult Of Men And Events, Solitude Was My Temptation; Now It Is My Friend. What Other Satisfaction Can Be Sought Once You Have Confronted History?

Deliberation Is A Function Of The Many; Action Is The Function Of One.