As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.

It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

Experience is the teacher of all things.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.