History is mostly guessing; the rest is prejudice.
In the end, nothing is lost. Every event, for good or evil, has effects forever.
Nothing is often a good thing to do and always a good thing to say.
Those who have suffered much become very bitter or very gentle.
To give life a meaning, one must have a purpose larger than self.
Knowledge that does not generate achievement is a pale and bloodless thing, unworthy of mankind.