“An old man concludeth from his knowing mankind that they know him too and that maketh him very wary.”

“The past is the best way to suppose what may come.”

“An old man concludeth from his knowing mankind that they know him too and that maketh him very wary.”

“Friendship cannot live with ceremony nor without civility.”

“Weak men are apt to be cruel because they stick at nothing that may repair the ill effect of their mistakes.”

“Men are not hanged for stealing horses but that horses may not be stolen.”

“A busy fool is fitter to be shut up than a downright madman.”

“He that leaveth nothing to Chance will do few things ill but he will do very few things.”

“If you have sacrificed my nation to preserve the peace of the world, I will be the first to applaud you. But if not, gentlemen, God help your souls." Czechoslovakian foreign minister Jan Masaryk to Lord Halifax as reaction to announcement of allies' betrayal in 1938.”