The social damage was not in the failure but in the undertaking, which was expensive. The cost of war was the poison running through the 14th century.

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.

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

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.

Beauty can help fill the cracks in people’s hearts and comfort their souls.

The soft contralto notes of a woman's voice are born in the immediate region of the heart.

You can cover a great deal of Countries in books.

I can learn as much from Darius Vassell as he can from me - but he can learn more

They will say you are on the wrong road, if it is your own.

In my official status, I cannot comment on ET contact. However, personally, I can assure you, we are not alone!

I've met big-name actors doing Hollywood films, and they've said that all they want is an in at HBO and their own show.

Rather than just becoming embittered by your friends' success, I think it can motivate you.

Nature is doing her best each moment to make us well. Why, nature is but another name for health.

I'm a people person when I'm out, but I'm a homebody. I like my time and peace and quiet.