When Tarquin the Proud was asked what was the best mode of governing a conquered city, he replied only by beating down with his staff all the tallest poppies in his garden.

There are laws for peace as well as war.

Favor and honor sometimes fall more fitly on those who do not desire them.

The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself - something that's in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.

Truth is often eclipsed but never extinguished.

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

This above all makes history useful and desirable; it unfolds before our eyes a glorious record of exemplary actions.