A man who wears a sword knows to hold the love of his wife and family dear, for at any time he may not see another day of it.

Her joyful spirit would bring laughter and happiness to anyone in her life with the same natural ease that a rose blooms and sheds its perfume.

The trees were his chapel and the hillsides his cathedral.

Defeating the enemy through deception with little loss of life is better than fighting face-to-face with the loss of many lives on both sides.

Among the Kimbrii the greatest shame a person can bring to himself or his clan is to start a war, but the second greatest is to submit to tyranny or injustice without a fight.

The source of evil is desire, greed, and anger.

You may be a good warrior... But you've made a mistake I never did. You agreed to serve a stupid king.

Actions speak louder than words. Words cost nothing. Actions can cost everything.

The king should be the servant of his people, and seek to uplift them and their lives.

To allow your life varnish into vanity without reproducing it would mean to live a wasted life.

She has an eye for tragedy and sorrow. Show her a rose and she'll see only the wasp in the center of the bloom.

It is unimaginably hard to do this, to stay conscious and alive, day in and day out.

No, generally I think influence is used as a nice word for plagiarism.

Profits are better than wages. Wages make you a living; profits make you a fortune.

The monuments of the nations are all protests against nothingness after death; so are statues and inscriptions; so is history.

Both teachers and students must move ahead together for the nation to progress.

I never found a place where I wanted to live more than Alvin (Texas).

A success that has outlived its usefulness may, in the end, be more damaging than failure.

In choosing a course of action, it's best to take the tack of kindness.