“There is nothing which can better deserve your patronage, than the promotion of science and literature. Knowledge is in every country the surest basis of public happiness”

“Life is too short, or too long, for me to allow myself the luxury of living it so badly.”

“The secret of life is to fall seven times and to get up eight.”

“A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman's birthday but never remembers her age.”

“All of my best decisions in business and in life have been made with heart, intuition, gut...”

“A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it.”

“The way I see it, you can either run from it, or learn from it.”

“Let your plans be dark and impenetrable as night, and when you move, fall like a thunderbolt.”

“When making a decision of minor importance, I have always found it advantageous to conside...”

“You can't produce a baby in one month by getting nine women pregnant”

“Honesty is a very expensive gift, don't expect it from cheap people”

“Once we accept our limits, we go beyond them.”

“As long as we persevere and endure, we can get anything we want”