All the power that we exercise over others depends on thepower we exercise over ourselves.

Though patience be a tired mare, yet she will plod.

If you can find a path with no obstacles, it probably doesn't leads anywhere.

There are always two forces warring against each other within us.

To like and dislike the same thing, that is, indeed, friendship.

Civilization is a movement and not a condition, a voyage and not a harbour.

History is the witness of the times, the light of truth.

Windowsof opportunity exist for only a brief moment in time, you have to have visionin order to spot them, and take advantage of them.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Far better to think historically, to remember the lessonsof the past. Thus, far better to conceive of power as consisting in part ofthe knowledge of when not to use all the power you have. Far better to be onewho knows that if you reserve the power not to

To be preparedis half the victory.

Theharder the conflict, the more glorious the triumph.