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

Nothing so wonderfully concentrates the mind as theprospect of a hanging.

Conflictis inevitable, but combat is optional.

Renown and repose do not go together.

Nothing destroys authority more than the unequal and untimelyinterchange of power stretched too far and relaxed too much.

Thereare no secrets. There is no mystery. There is only common sense.

... That may appear as the truth to one personwill often appear as untruth to another person. But that need not worry theseeker. Where there is honest effort, it will be realized that what appearedto be different truths are like the countless and apparen

One cannot be precise and still be pure.

Honesty once pawned is never redeemed.

If you arepatient in a moment of anger, you will escape a hundred days of sorrow.

My Strength is made perfect in weakness

Accomplishmentof purpose is better than making a profit.