Some men give up their designs when they have almost reached the goal while others on the contrary obtain a victory by exerting at the last moment more vigorous efforts than before.

If history is deprived of the Truth, we are left with nothing but an idle, unprofitable tale.

Monarchy degenerates into tyranny, aristocracy into oligarchy, and democracy into savage violence and chaos.

A good general not only sees the way to victory; he also knows when victory is impossible.

All things are subject to decay and change.

Nor ought we ever to allow any growing power to acquire such a degree of strength as to be able to tear from us, without resistance, our natural, undisputed rights.

The government will take the fairest of names, but the worst of realities--mob rule.

[There can be no] rational administration of government when good men are held in the same esteem as bad ones.

Knowing how to win is the first step. We must also know how to make use of our victories.

Those who know how to win are much more numerous than those who know how to make proper use of their victories.

When the ancients said a work well begun was half done, they meant to impress the importance of always endeavoring to make a good beginning.

You plan to rob the world of its treasures if you decide to die with your potentials unleashed! The world needs your leadership influence

[Magnus] held on to the boy, newborn in grave dirt and blood, and he wished that he had found him dead.

Theirs is not to make reply: Theirs is not to reason why: Theirs is but to do and die.

We pay a high price for intelligence. Wisdom hurts.

For a sick man the world begins at his pillow and ends at the foot of his bed.

Last year, I was on Threat Matrix. We were on Thursday against Friends and Survivor; so this year it's fun to know people are watching, and to know that all of your hard work is not sort of wasted.

This terrible frustration that we so often feel in the West in not being able to articulate and express ourselves.

Not all the snakes are poisonous and not all the poisons are deadly! Keep this in mind when bitten.

A physician is nothing but a consoler of the mind.

The real artist is striving to depict his subject's character and to stress the caricature, but at least it is art which is alive.