Enemies can be an incentive to survive and become someone in spite of them. Enemies can keep you alert and aware.
He who plants a tree is a servant of God.
To a fool time brings only age not wisdom.
...Proximity to a noose danger and death ... can make man or woman appreciate things.
Mountains should not be judged by altitude.
I do not like violence, but ours is a violent time, and there are some men who understand nothing else.