We Survive On Adversity And Perish In

Luck Is Of Little Moment To The Great General, For It Is Under The Control Of His Intellect And His Judgment.

Dignity Is A Matter Which Concerns Only Mankind.

No Man Likes To Be Surpassed By Those Of This Own Level.

When Tarquin The Proud Was Asked What Was The Best Mode Of Governing A Conquered City, He Replied Only By Beating Down With His Staff All The Tallest Poppies In His Garden.

The Study Of History Is The Best Medicine For A Sick Mind; For In History You Have A Record Of The Infinite Variety Of Human Experience Plainly Set Out For All To See; And In That Record You Can Find Yourself And Your Country Both Examples And Warnings; Fine Things To Take As Models, Base Things Rotten Through And Through, To Avoid.