Ability is nothing without opportunity.

I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?

England is a nation of shopkeepers.

Nothing is more difficult, and therefore more precious, than to be able to decide.

The populace judges of the power of God by the power of the priests.

Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.