“I was going to call it a mistake, but you could argue that there are no mistakes in war, only fortunate and less fortunate events.”

“A man looking at a hippopotamus may sometimes be tempted to regard a hippopotamus as an enormous mistake; but he is also bound to confess that a fortunate inferiority prevents him personally from making such mistakes.”

“Formerly when great fortunes were only made in war, war was a business; but now, when great fortunes are only made by business, business is war.”

“If you make a mistake and do not correct it, this is called a mistake.”

“Mistake is a mistake only if you make it twice…”

“I was taught never to take advantage of anybody who was less fortunate than myself, whether he be less fortunate in brains, wealth, or social position; it meant anybody…”

“A mistake is only an error, it becomes a mistake when you fail to correct it”

“I can truly say with Shelley I have been fortunate in friendships: that I have been no less fortunate in my enemies than in my friends.”

“Don't argue for other people's weaknesses. Don't argue for your own. When you make a mistake, admit it, correct it, and learn from it / immediately.”

“There is no such thing as making a mistake. Only one thing is compulsory, only one mistake: and that is not realizing your mistakes.”