No Noble Thing Can Be Done Without

Wit Is A Dangerous Weapon, Even To The Possessor, If He Knows Not How To Use It Discreetly.

To Philosophize Is To Doubt.

There Are Truths On This Side Of The Pyrenees Which Are Falsehoods On The Other

Behold The Hands, How They Promise, Conjure, Appeal, Menace, Pray, Supplicate, Refuse, Beckon, Interrogate, Admire, Confess, Cringe, Instruct, Command, Mock And What Not Besides, With A Variation And Multiplication Of Variation Which Makes The Tongue Envious.

The Only Good Histories Are Those Written By Those Who Had Command In The Events They Describe.