She generally gave herself very good advice (though she very seldom followed it).

The enlightened ruler is heedful and the good general full of caution.

The general who advances without coveting fame and retreats without fearing disgrace whose only thought is to protect his country and do good service for his sovereign is the jewel of the kingdom.

There is in general good reason to suppose that in several respects the gods could all benefit from instruction by us human beings. We humans are - more humane.

Those disputing contradicting and confuting people are generally unfortunate in their affairs. They get victory sometimes but they never get good will which would be of more use to them.

The Creator has not thought proper to mark those in the forehead who are of stuff to make good generals. We are first therefore to seek them blindfold and then let them learn the trade at the expense of great losses.

Few nations have been so poor as to have but one god. Gods were made so easily and the raw material cost so little that generally the god market was fairly glutted and heaven crammed with these phantoms.

God as now generally conceived of is only the last witch.

The voice of the people has been said to be the voice of God and however generally this maxim has been quoted and believed it is not true to fact. The people are turbulent and changing they seldom judge or determine right.

I put quite a few trees in last autumn. A lot of silver birch and a couple of native trees - just generally doing gardening putting plants in and hedges in. It takes quite a lot of time and I love it.

Projecting a persuasive image of a desirable and practical future is extremely important to high morale to dynamism to consensus and in general to help the wheels of society turn smoothly.

As long as our civilisation keeps trundling along generally forwards then there is the possibility of a future where ethnicity is merely an interesting badge not a uniform you can't take off.

As a child is indulged or checked in its early follies a ground is generally laid for the happiness or misery of the future man.

People who live in the past generally are afraid to compete in the present. I've got my faults but living in the past is not one of them. There's no future in it.

I actually feel like for a lot of my career I wasn't able to show my comedic range. I did a lot of dramas and dramedies. I was on 'E.R.' That's not generally thought of as a funny show.

I don't happen to have a sense of humor personally so I don't know what's funny about a character... This happens to be a feature of my life generally.

Do I have a long-term plan? Kind of. I have a general direction I think. But it's funny what comes down the pike.