Solemnity is the shield of idiots
If the triangles made a god, they would give him three sides.
Each particular society begins to feel its strength, whence arises a state of war between different nations.
An empire founded by war has to maintain itself by war.
Success in the majority of circumstances depends on knowing how long it takes to succeed.
Talent is a gift which God has given us secretly, and which we reveal without perceiving it.