The main hope of a nation lies in the proper education of its youth

Do not be guilty of possessing a library of learned books while lacking learning yourself.

War is sweet to those who have not experienced it.

Read first the best books. The important thing for you is not how much you know, but the quality of what you know.

If you look at history you'll find that no state has been so plagued by its rulers as when power has fallen into the hands of some dabbler in philosophy or literary addict.

They take unbelievable pleasure in the hideous blast of the hunting horn and baying of the hounds. Dogs dung smells sweet as cinnamon to them.

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.