Courage is the resolution to face the unforeseen.

I was thinking, that when my time comes, I should be sorry if the only plea I had to offer was that of justice. Because it might mean that only justice would be meted out to me.

Never worry about what you say to a man. They're so conceited that they never believe you mean it if it's unflattering.

Very few of us are what we seem.

In my end is my beginning - that's what people are always saying. But what does it mean?

The contemporary historian never writes such a true history as the historian of a later generation.

It is a curious thought, but it is only when you see people looking ridiculous that you realize just how much you love them.