“Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth.”

No one in Germany laughs at vice, nor do they call it the fashion to corrupt and to be corrupted.

Fear is not in the habit of speaking truth; when perfect sincerity is expected, perfect freedom must be allowed; nor has anyone who is apt to be angry when he hears the truth any cause to wonder that he does not hear it.

They terrify lest they should fear.

That cannot be safe which is not honourable.

The desire of glory is the last infirmity cast off even by the wise.

Bottling up his malice to be suppressed and brought out with increased violence.

We accomplish more by prudence than by force. [Lat., Plura consilio quam vi perficimus.]

A shocking crime was committed on the unscrupulous initiative of few individuals, with the blessing of more, and amid the passive acquiescence of all.

Deos fortioribus adesse. The gods support those who are stronger.

The desire for safety stands against every great and noble enterprise.

The brave and bold persist even against fortune; the timid and cowardly rush to despair through fear alone. [Lat., Fortes et strenuos etiam contra fortunam insistere, timidos et ignoros ad desperationem formidine properare.]

Laws were most numerous when the commonwealth was most corrupt

Corruptisima republica plurimae leges.

In stirring up tumult and strife, the worst men can do the most, but peace and quiet cannot be established without virtue.

Remedies are more tardy in their operation than diseases.

A bad peace is even worse than war.

Real leaders ask hard questions and knock people out of their comfort zones and then manage the resulting distress.

Beer is a gift from the goddesses, a soothing balm given our species to bring joy and comfort in compensation for the curse of self-awareness.

You have to leave the city of your comfort and go into the wilderness of your intuition.

That’s a big part of my life – doing things that I’m not prepared to do.

I always try to put myself out of my comfort zone and out of my depth, and hopefully somewhere along the line I’ll catch up.

Light is good company, when alone; I took my comfort where I found it, and the warmest yellow bulb in the living-room lamp had become a kind of radiant babysitter all its own.

I’m pretty grounded in a lifestyle which disciplines me and gives me a sense of familiarity and comfort.

It is better to speak the truth that hurts and then heals, than falsehood that comforts and then kills.