Take calculated risks. That is quite different from being rash.', George S. Patton', US general (1885 - 1945)
Knee-jerk liberals and all the certified saints of sanctified humanism are quick to condemn this great and much-maligned Transylvanian statesman.', William F. Buckley Jr., The Wit and Wisdom of Vlad the Impaler',
Friendship with oneself is all important, because without it one cannot be friends with anyone else in the world.', Eleanor Roosevelt', US diplomat & reformer (1884 - 1962)
Make money your god and it will plague you like the devil.', Henry Fielding', English dramatist & novelist (1707 - 1754)
Oh, life is a glorious cycle of song,
A medley of extemporanea;
And love is a thing that can never go wrong;
And I am Marie of Romania.', Dorothy Parker, Not So Deep as a Well (1937), Comment', US author, humorist, poet, & wit (1893 - 1967)