It was never decreed that a god mustn't pay hotel bills.

Whenever there are great virtues, it's a sure sign something's wrong.

The finest plans have always been spoiled by the littleness of them that should carry them out. Even emperors can't do it all by themselves.

One cannot be arraigned for declaring a war, which every ruler has to do once in a while, but only for running a war badly.

What kind of times are they, when A talk about trees is almost a crime Because it implies silence about so many horrors?

The mill wheel turns, it turns forever, though what is uppermost remains not so.

Today every invention is received with a cry of triumph which soon turns into a cry of fear.