Only one who has learned much can fully appreciate his ignorance.

Power not only corrupts he who wields the power but those who submit to it. Those who grovel at the feet of power betray their fellows to hide themselves behind the cloak of submission. It is an evil thing.

Even those who fancy themselves the most progressive will fight against other kinds of progress, for each of us is convinced that our way is the best way.

The thieves and killers are goin' to have guns, so if the honest men don't have 'em they just make it easier for the vicious.

I'm like a big old hen. I can't cluck too long about the egg I've just laid because I've got 5 more inside me pushing to get out.

Historical novels are, without question, the best way of teaching history, for they offer the human stories behind the events and leave the reader with a desire to know more.

To die is nothing. One is here, one is no longer here. It is only at the end one must be able to say 'I was a man'.