“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.”

Truth, they say, is but too often in difficulties, but is never finally suppressed.

Adversity reminds men of religion.

It is when fortune is the most propitious that she is least to be trusted.

We survive on adversity and perish in ease and comfort.

The sun has not yet set for all time.

A fraudulent intent, however carefully concealed at the outset, will generally, in the end, betray itself.

No law is quite appropriate for all.

No law can possibly meet the convenience of every one: we must be satisfied if it be beneficial on the whole and to the majority.

Men are slower to recognize blessings than evils.

There is nothing man will not attempt when great enterprises hold out the promise of great rewards.

The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself – something that’s in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.

The most honorable, as well as the safest course, is to rely entirely upon valour.

That business does not prosper which you transact with the eyes of others.

The name of freedom regained is sweet to hear.

A woman’s mind is affected by the meanest gifts.

The study of History is the best medicine for a sick mind.

The best way to have a good idea is to have a lot of ideas.

I’m a work in progress, but if I know in my heart that I’m doing my best, that my heart’s in the right place, that I have unconditional love, I feel okay.

You are my lover, you’re my best friend. You’re in my soul.

An archaeologist is the best husband a woman can have. The older she gets the more interested he is in her.

Pregnancy was probably the best and the hardest thing I’ll ever go through. I know for a lot of women, it can be wonderful and relatively easy.

Time is the best killer.

What you want to do with your best players is, it doesn’t matter how many goals and assists they get, but when they get goals and assists. The best players get them at the most important times, and that’s when we need those guys to come through.

In this world, I call the shots and I think I know best.