The arrogance of officialdom should be tempered and controlled, and assistance to foreign hands should be curtailed, lest Rome fall.

Reading, not just an escape, but an exercise in living.

I've always enjoyed poor health

We are not old unless we desire to be.

Mankind adores its betrayers, and murders its saviors.

At 8, I made a pact with God.

I wanted to acquire an education, work extremely hard and never deviate from my goal, to make it.