What is strength without a double share of wisdom?

Plans will get you into things, but you have got to work your way out.

Peace is not the absence of war, but a virtue based on strength of character.

Give us grace and strength to forbear and to persevere. Give us courage and gaiety and the quiet mind, spare to us our friends, soften to us our enemies.

Gentleness is strength under control. It is the ability to stay calm, no matter what happens.

The opinion of 10,000 men is of no value if none of them know anything about the subject.

Grant me, O Lord my God, a mind to know you, a heart to seek you, wisdom to find you, conduct pleasing to you, faithful perseverance in waiting for you, and a hope of finally embracing you. Amen.

All things are filled full of signs, and it is a wise man who can learn about one thing from another.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.