“Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.”

“Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of all the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.”

“I am a man who belongs to nobody and who belongs to everybody.”

“Nothing builds authority up like silence, splendor of the strong and shelter of the weak.”

“Since a politician never believes what he says, he is surprised when others believe him.”

“One must speak little. In action one must say nothing. The chief is the one who does not speak.”

“Difficulty attracts the characterful man, for it is by grasping it that he fulfils himself.”