Never do today what you can put off till tomorrow if tomorrow might improve the odds.

Most people can't think, most of the remainder won't think, and the small fraction who do think mostly can't do it very well.

Roman matrons used to say to their sons: 'Come back with your shield or on it.' Later on, this custom declined. So did Rome... (but not before it created an Empire that changed the world -EM).

There comes a time in the life of every human when he or she must decide to risk ‘his life, his fortune and his sacred honor’ on an outcome dubious. Those who fail the challenge are merely overgrown children, can never be anything else.

Democracy is based on the assumption that a million men are wiser than one man. How's that again? I missed something.

The best things in history are accomplished by people who get tired of being shoved around.

A little more money won't do you any good - because daughters can use up ten percent more than a man can make in any normal occupation, regardless of the amount.