"Every attempt to make war easy and safe will result in humiliation and disaster," said the Civil War General, William T. Sherman.

'If you can get a dividend higher than the yield on ten-year debt, it's an opportunity we haven't seen in our lifetime. On a five-year horizon, investing in large multinationals with high dividends will have a large payday' said Lawrence Fink, CEO of Black Rock.

"A central bank is best that governs least, but is prepared to govern radically when called upon," said 19th century man of letters, Walter Bagehot, the first editor of The Economist magazine in London.

“The French have more fun in one year than the English do in ten,” said John Adams, America’s second president, and one-time ambassador to Paris and London.