"Let us admit, then, quite frankly that the military profession was a means of making a living by taking the property of others. Its peculiarity was that it was the only means to that end that was—I suppose that I may say that is—reckoned honourable. The only essential point was that the person whose property was to be taken should be declared, or at any rate considered, to be an enemy. A penniless younger son who stole a sheep in England was liable to be hanged for his pains; but, if he joined some adventure overseas, or took service in the army of some foreign power, he could steal as many of the enemy's sheep as pleased him. Moreover, he was tolerably sure of a share of plunder, and he might, if lucky, capture some prisoner of high rank and obtain high ransom for him."

"No people on earth can be held, as a people, to be an enemy, for all humanity shares the common hunger for peace and fellowship and justice."

"But a companion and a friend shall be turned to an enemy."

"Never hate your enemies, it clouds your judgement."

"A weak Invention of the Enemy."

"Never give in — never, never, never, never, in nothing great or small, large or petty, never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy."

"But I tell you, love your enemies, bless those who curse you, do good to those who hate you, and pray for those who mistreat you and persecute you."

"The king who is situated anywhere immediately on the circumference of the conqueror's territory is termed the enemy. The king who is likewise situated close to the enemy, but separated from the conqueror only by the enemy, is termed the friend (of the conqueror)."

"A reckless king will easily fall into the hands of his enemies. Hence the king shall ever be wakeful."

"You will learn to defeat the enemy. He will teach you how."

"I tell thee, be not rash; a golden bridge is for a flying enemy."

"Have you forgotten the story of "Lorna Doone"—how the Doones, men of high family, who had fallen under the displeasure of the Government, had betaken themselves to the Doone Valley, surrounded on all sides by precipitous mountains, and from this strongly fortified position levied their blackmail upon the surrounding country, killing and robbing and outraging the people of the land until the citizens were aroused and determined to extirpate them? Do you recall how the men of the eastern county gathered together on the eastern mountain, and the men from the western county gathered on the western mountain, with their arms and cannon ready to fall upon the Doones and destroy them, when by some untoward accident a cannon from the western ranks was trained across the valley and shot into the ranks of the men of the east, and how, inflamed by this accident, the men on the east trained their guns across the valley into the ranks of the men of the west, and while these foolish people were slaughtering one another, the Doones sallied forth and put both counties to flight and continued to rob and kill and outrage for years to come. Let us heed the lesson, my countrymen! Let me say to Governor Kitchin and Senator Simmons and Chief Justice Clark: The Doones are in the valley. I pray you, gentlemen, train your guns a little lower."

"You have to start with the truth. The truth is the only way that we can get anywhere. Because any decision-making that is based upon lies or ignorance can't lead to a good conclusion."

"Our No. 1 enemy is ignorance. And I believe that is the No. 1 enemy for everyone — it's not understanding what actually is going on in the world."

"Observe your enemies, for they first find out your faults."

"There is only one thing more useful in politics than having the right friends, and that is having the right enemies."

"Your friends are three and your enemies are (also) three. Your friends are: your friend, your friend's friend and your enemy's enemy. And your enemies are: your enemy, your friend's enemy and your enemy's friend."

"The shaft of the arrow had been feathered with one of the eagle's own plumes. We often give our enemies the means of our own destruction."

"His father was no man's friend but his owne, and he (saith the prouerbe) is no man's foe else."

"It is commonly and truly also said: "Matters be ended as they be friended.""

"Look to the end of a long life."

"Par les mêmes voies on ne va pas toujours aux mêmes fins."

"The end must justify the means."

"Et le chemin est long du projet à la chose."

"En toute chose il faut considérer la fin."

"Having well polished the whole bow, he added a golden tip."

"It is the end that crowns us, not the fight."

"Si finis bonus est, totum bonum erit."

"He who has put a good finish to his undertaking is said to have placed a golden crown to the whole."

"Finem respice (or Respice finem)."

"Whatsoever thou takest in hand, remember the end, and thou shalt never do amiss."

"The end will show the whole truth."

"The end crowns all; And that old common arbitrator, Time, Will one day end it."

"All's well that ends well; still the fine's the crown; Whate'er the course, the end is the renown."

"This is The End; my only friend, The End."

"Oh, East is East and West is West, and never the twain shall meet, Till Earth and Sky stand presently at God's great Judgment Seat; But there is neither East nor West, Border, nor Breed, nor Birth, When two strong men stand face to face, though they come from the ends of the earth!"

"These struggles have got to result in happy endings for all, and the readers must learn not to worship tragedy as the highest art any more."

"There is no real ending. It’s just the place where you stop the story."

"A morning Sun, and a Wine-bred child, and a Latin-bred woman seldom end well."

"Et redit in nihilum quod fuit ante nihil."

"A bad beginning makes a bad ending."

"The only true ending is death. Any other movie ending is arbitrary."

"“No end is ever articulate.”"

"Like the legend of the Phoenix All ends with beginnings What keeps the planets spinning (uh) The force from the beginning."

"So full of shapes is fancy, That it alone is high fantastical."

"Tell me where is fancy bred, Or in the heart or in the head? How begot, how nourished? Reply, reply. It is engender'd in the eyes, With gazing fed; and fancy dies In the cradle where it lies."

"Pacing through the forest, Chewing the food of sweet and bitter fancy."

"The difference is as great between The optics seeing as the objects seen. All manners take a tincture from our own; Or come discolor'd through our passions shown; Or fancy's beam enlarges, multiplies, Contracts, inverts, and gives ten thousand dyes."