Initiative is doing the right thing without being told.

As international support for Obama's decision to attack Syria has collapsed, along with the credibility of government claims, the administration has fallen back on a standard pretext for war crimes when all else fails: the credibility of the threats of the self-designated policeman of the world.

If all men knew what others say of them, there would not be four friends in the world.

The wise ones fashioned speech with their thought, sifting it as grain is sifted through a sieve.

It is only when the mind and character slumber that the dress can be seen.