“If there is ever another war in Europe, it will come out of some damned silly thing in the Balkans.” — Otto von Bismarck, 1898

“Beware of the young doctor and the old barber.” — Benjamin Franklin

“Study without desire spoils the memory, and it retains nothing that it takes in.” — Leonardo da Vinci

“A woman is the only thing I am afraid of that I know can’t hurt me.” — Abraham Lincoln

“Man is the only animal that laughs and has a state legislature.” — Samuel Butler

“It is not always the same thing to be a good man and a good citizen.” — Aristotle

“Where there is no imagination there is no horror.” — Arthur Conan Doyle

“Diplomacy is the art of saying ‘Nice doggie’ until you can find a rock.” — Will Rogers

“There is hopeful symbolism in the fact that flags do not wave in a vacuum.” — Arthur C. Clarke