Chieftains must understand that the spirit of the law is greater than its letter.

Chieftains must understand that the spirit of the law is greater than its letter.

Do not underestimate the power of an enemy, no matter how great or small, to rise against you another day.

Never arbitrate. Arbitration allows a third party to determine your destiny. It is a resort of the weak.

For what fortress, what city, in the wide extent of the Roman empire, can hope to exist, secure and impregnable, if it is our pleasure that it should be erased from the earth?

Superficial goals lead to superficial results

It's not that I succeed, it's that everyone else has to fail, horribly, preferably in front of their parents.