Gilbert K. Chesterton said this quote

Thieves respect property. They merely wish the property to become their property that they may more perfectly respect it.

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

I owe my success to having listened respectfully to the very best advice, and then going away and doing the exact opposite.

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

Marriage is an adventure, like going to war.

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton

A man who says that no patriot should attack the war until it is over... is saying no good son should warn his mother of a cliff until she has fallen.

~ Gilbert K. Chesterton