From first to last, Jesus is the same; always the same--majestic and simple, infinitely severe and infinitely gentle.

If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

Ten people who speak make more noise than ten thousand who are silent.

One might as well try to charge through a wall.

No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.

Wisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events.

Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.