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

“Deliberation is the work of many men. Action, of one alone.”

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

“Nothing great will ever be achieved without great men, and men are great only if they are determined to be so.”

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

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

“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.”