"By asking for the impossible we obtain the possible."

"The best armor is to keep out of range."

"It is not enough to aim; you must hit."

"By learning to obey, you will know how to command."

"Once the game is over, the King and the pawn go back in the same box."

"Between saying and doing many a pair of shoes is worn out."

"There are very few people who are not ashamed of having been in love when they no longer love each other."

"Conscience is the root of all true courage; if a man would be brave let him obey his conscience."

"This is as true in everyday life as it is in battle: we are given one life and the decision is ours whether to wait for circumstances to make up our mind, or whether to act, and in acting, to live."

"There was never a genius without a tincture of madness."

"Wonder is what sets us apart from other life forms. No other species wonders about the meaning of existence or the complexity of the universe or themselves."

"The only person worth envying is he person who doesn't envy."