Good and great are seldom in the same man.
I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all.
An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.
Don't interrupt me while I'm interrupting.
No matter how enmeshed a commander becomes in the elaboration of his own thoughts, it is sometimes necessary to take the enemy into account.
Everybody stumbles across a golden opportunity at least once in a lifetime. Unfortunately most people just pick themselves up, dust themselves down, and walk away from it.