Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

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.

Unchecked Corporate power leads to tyranny just like unchecked Government power.

Groups like The Mountain Brothers just have to keep on doing what they're doing - just make it dope and just make it different. And not try to compete with other people of color.

Battle is the most magnificent competition in which a human being can indulge.

Leave your 9's at home and bring ya skillz to the battle.

Other people do not owe me their availability.

The government is determined to continue the process of fiscal consolidation and structural reform in order to secure sound public finances and improve the country's international competitiveness.

Of course, Annabeth wouldn't be able to breathe, but at the moment, that seemed like a minor problem.

I ask the rights to pursue happiness by having a voice in that government to which I am accountable.

The last taste of sweets is sweetest last.

He's mad that trusts in the tameness of a wolf.