"To each mortal peradventure earth becomes a new machine."

"ita€?s when the sun shines the brightest that our shadows appear the biggest."

"War is a matter of vital importance to the State; the province of life or death; the road to survival or ruin. It is mandatory that it be thoroughly studied."

"If one is to be an effective leader, one must willingly accept difference."

"Good manners and good morals are sworn friends and fast allies."

"Great artists have no country."

"Leave her to heaven And to those thorns that in her bosom lodge, To prick and sting her."

"When bad men combine, the good must associate; else they will fall, one by one, an unpitied sacrifice in a contemptible struggle."

"It is quality rather than quantity that matters."

"Curiosity is the very basis of education and if you tell me that curiosity killed the cat, I say only the cat died nobly."

"Statistics are like lampposts: they are good to lean on, but they don't shed much light."

"Don't compromise yourself. You're all you've got."