"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.

"There is tremendous amounts of money sitting on the sidelines. There is enormous M&A activity. The greatest thinkers in the corporate world are saying that it is cheaper to buy than to build. This says to me that the stock market still has value in it. We're a long way from expensive," said Milton Ezrati, senior economist and market strategist for money management giant, Lord Abbett.