I put up with this church, in the hope that one day it will become better, just as it is constrained to put up with me in the hope that I will become better.
A nail is driven out by another nail. Habit is overcome by habit.
Give light, and the darkness will disappear of itself.
War is sweet to those who haven't tasted it. Dulce bellum inexpertis.
War is delightful to those who have had no experience of it.
From hence, no question, has sprung an observation ... confirmed now into a settled opinion, that some long experienced souls in the world, before their dislodging, arrive to the height of prophetic spirits.