You will find most books worth reading are worth reading twice.

The history of the Franks becomes, therefore, the history of the Netherlands.

A third force, developing itself more slowly, becomes even more potent than the rest: the power of gold.

Monuments! what are they? the very pyramids have forgotten their builders, or to whom they were dedicated. Deeds, not stones, are the true monuments of the great.

In Gaul were two orders, the nobility and the priesthood, while the people, says Caesar, were all slaves.

The crusades made great improvement in the condition of the serfs.

A soil, exhausted by the long culture of Pagan empires, was to lie fallow for a still longer period.

Thus the whole country was broken into many shreds and patches of sovereignty.

A good lawyer is a bad Christian.

To the Calvinists, more than to any other class of men, the political liberties of Holland, England, and America are due.

Enthusiasm could not supply the place of experience.

Valor is stability, not of legs and arms, but of courage and the soul.

One in four of us will have a mental illness at some point. That is a lot of people.

The normal press cycle is to put a company on a pedestal and then knock it down. It's much more interesting that way.

My mother wasn't a stickler for the more practical approaches to life.

Believe in yourself, believe in something higher than yourself, be selfless, exercise, have great expectations and execute day by day.

What is the system? It revolves around the banks, the system is built on the power of the banks, so it can be destroyed through the banks.

If you help manufacture an enemy that's really evil, you can point to the fact that it's really evil, and say, "Hey, it's really evil."

People's opinions of us will always change, but how we see ourselves will stay with us forever.

I do know, for most of us, the very best of times are when you're in your own space sweating, trying to squeeze quality out of imperfect capabilities.

All the ways of this world are as fickle and unstable as a sudden storm at sea.