It was strange how fear had gone,now that we knew the worst and had a fighting man by our side. - John Buchan

There is a madness that is better than wisdom.

The more doubtful the political outlook the fiercer will be the dogmas which men create and contend for.

The true achievement of Augustus is that he saved the world from disintegration. Without him Rome must have lost her conquests one by one, and seen them relapse into barbarism or degenerate into petty satrapies. The wild peoples of the East and North would have ante-dated their invasions by centuries.