Abigail Baird Quotes

Haste in every business brings failures.

Men trust their ears less than their eyes.

In peace, children inter their parents; war violates the order of nature and causes parents to inter their children.

The king`s might is greater than human, and his arm is very long.

Neither snow, nor rain, nor heat, nor gloom of night stays these couriers from the swift completion of their appointed rounds.

This is the bitterest pain among men, to have much knowledge but no power.

In soft regions are born soft men.

Great deeds are usually wrought at great risks.

Not snow, no, nor rain, nor heat, nor night keeps them from accomplishing their appointed courses with all speed.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

It is better to be envied than pitied.