He [John Hampden] knew that the essence of war is violence, and that moderation in war is imbecility.

Fortunes are made by buying low and selling too soon.

Every man who has seen the world knows that nothing is so useless as a general maxim.

Never allow yourself to get caught without a loose million handy.

Truth, like all other good things, may be loved unwisely may be pursued too keenly may cost too much.

History, at least in its ideal state of perfection, is a compound of poetry and philosophy.

And broader still became the blaze, and louder still the din, And fast from every village round the horse came spurring in.

The history of England is emphatically the history of progress.

Mr Robert Montgomery's genius [is] far too free and aspiring to be shackled by the rules of syntax? [His] readers must take such grammar as they can get and be thankful.

Many of the greatest men that ever lived have written biography.Boswell was one ofthesmallest menthat ever lived and he has beaten them all.

In much of society, research means to investigate something you do not know or understand.

Let his name be cleared and everyone else adjust their thinking. He had put in time, now they must do the work. His business was simple. Find Cecilia and love her, marry her and live without shame.

The best real-estate investments with the highest yields are in working-class neighborhoods, because fancy properties are overpriced.

What occurs after revelation and paralysis?

To Vik Lovell who told me dragons did not exist, then led me to their lairs.

A guy should be a guy. You don't want him to be too... shiny.

He has not truly lived who has not lived for others, in sympathy and in harmony with his fellows.

Honesty does not always bring a response of love, but it is absolutely essential to it.

I bought my brother some gift-wrap for Christmas. I took it to the gift wrap department and told them to wrap it, but in a different print so he would know when to stop unwrapping.

If there is anything of power in The Salvation Army today, it is because God has had all the adoration of my heart, all the power of my will, and all the influence of my life.