The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

The secret of success is that it is not the absence of failure, but the absence of envy.

Adversity has the effect of drawing out strength and qualities of a man that would have laid dormant in its absence.

In peace sons bury fathers, but war violates the order of nature, and fathers bury sons.

Egypt is the gift of the Nile.

Where wisdom is called for, force is of little use.

Very few things happen at the right time, and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects.

It is better to be envied than pitied.

All of life is action and passion, and not to be involved in the actions and passions of your time is to risk having not really lived at all.

You may be married to a star, but that doesn't mean they'll treat you like one.

Every day that we're not practicing godliness we're being conformed to the world of ungodliness around us.

A great life starts and steadies with a great mind that is open to new ideas, fierce in defense of truth, and always eager to learn.

Just like using drugs and alcohol to numb the pain can -- and does -- lead to addiction, using social media to fill the void of relationships, or other needs, often leads to addiction, as well.

Talking to liberals is much more fun now that we have Lexis-Nexis.

God, like all highest things, Hides light in shade, And in the night his visitings To sleep and dreams are clearliest made.

A mistake is valuable if you do four things with it: recognize it, admit it, learn from it, forget it

I've learned in most areas of my life, to bounce heated choices off other people. Co-workers, my agent, my wife, a sponsor, etc. A majority of the time, that keeps me on the right side of things.

But if by some freak of history communism had caught up with this country, I would have been one of the first people thrown in jail.

The lash may force men to physical labor, it cannot force them to spiritual creativity.