Fear is stronger than arms.
Old men are always young enough to learn with profit.
Memory is the mother of all wisdom.
Neither a life of anarchy nor a life under a despot should you praise. To all that lies in the middle has a god given excellence.
In war, truth is the first casualty.
But I will place this carefully fed pig Within the crackling oven; and, I pray, What nicer dish can e'er be given to man.