Whoever commands the sea, commands the trade; whosoever commands the trade of the world commands the riches of the world, and consequently the world itself.
No man is esteemed for colorful garments except by fools and women.
Fain would I climb, yet fear I to fall.
I can't write a book commensurate with Shakespeare, but I can write a book by me.
I shall never be persuaded that God hath shut up all light of learning within the lantern of Aristotle's brain.
The necessity of war, which among human actions is the most lawless, hath some kind of affinity with the necessity of law.