Men who have reached and passed forty-five, have a look as if waiting for the secret of the other world, and as if they were perfectly sure of having found out the secret of this.

I must govern the clock, not be governed by it.

Old age is like a plane flying through a storm. Once you're aboard, there's nothing you can do.

I have given instructions that I be informed every time one of our soldiers is killed, even if it is in the middle of the night. When President Nasser leaves i…