Strong prejudices in an ill-formed mind are hazardous to government, and when combined with a position of power even more so.

War is the unfolding of miscalculations.

The nastiness of women [in the 14th century] was generally perceived at the close of life when a man began to worry about hell, and his sexual desire in any case fading.

To put on the garment of legitimacy is the first aim of every coup.

More than a code of manners in war and love, Chivalry was a moral system, governing the whole of noble life.

The fleet sailed to its war base in the North Sea, headed not so much for some rendezvous with glory as for rendezvous with discretion.

What his imagination is to the poet, facts are to the historian. His exercise of judgment comes in their selection, his art in their arrangement.

Business, like a jackal, trotted on the heels of war.

One must stop conducting research before one has finished. Otherwise, one will never stop and never finish.

Diplomacy means all the wicked devices of the Old World, spheres of influence, balances of power, secret treaties, triple alliances, and, during the interim period, appeasement of Fascism.

Every successful revolution puts on in time the robes of the tyrant it has deposed.

In the physical ascension one sees the signs upon the horizons

Christmas: the one time of year when you can’t avoid the nuts in your family muesli.

I wish you could see what I see when I look at you. You point out all of your flaws like they’re a bad thing, when in reality they are the best parts of you.

Hurt not the earth neither the sea nor the trees.

In business news, chocolate maker nestle is buying Jenny Craig. Well, that says it all you need to know about the war on obesity, doesn't it? It's over! Apparently we surrendered!

Nothing shows a man's character more than what he laughs at.

God knows why - no pun intended - but every time I write a song, I feel a need to touch on religion.

Whatever adventure you are into, whatever you are doing, your attention should be on your spirit.

My kid wants to be a prison warden when he grows up so he can put thumb tacks on the electric chairs.

They that believe that ignorance is bliss, are ignorant and have never known bliss.