It is not righteousness to outrageA brave man dead, not even though you hate him. Sophocles, Ajax

First keep the peace within yourself, then you can also bring peace to others. Thomas a Kempis, Imitation of Christ, 1420

Is this a dagger which I see before me, The handle toward my hand? Come, let me clutch thee. I have thee not, and yet I see thee still. Art thou not, fatal vision, sensible To feeling as to sight? or art thou but A dagger of the mind, a false creation, Proceeding from the […]

No one can harm the man who does himself no wrong. Saint John Chrysostom, Letter to Olympia

My salad days,When I was green in judgment. William Shakespeare, “Antony and Cleopatra”, Act 1 scene 5

Home-keeping youth have ever homely wits. William Shakespeare, “The Two Gentlemen of Verona”, Act 1 scene 1

The best plan is to profit by the folly of others. Pliny the Elder, Natural History

A man travels the world over in search of what he needs and returns home to find it. George Moore

Let him who desires peace prepare for war. Flavius Vegetius Renatus

Love is not love which alters when it alteration finds. William Shakespeare, Sonnet CXVI