I begin by taking.I shall find scholars later to demonstrate my perfect right. (Frederick (II) the Great)

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter. (Sir Winston Churchill)

Whenever I climb I am followed by a dog called ‘Ego’. (Friedrich Nietzsche)

Human history becomes more and more a race between education and catastrophe. (H. G. Wells)

Each problem that I solved became a rule which served afterwards to solve other problems. (Rene Descartes, Discours de la Methode)