In war, the policy of least exertion always risks being paid for dearly.
Faced with crisis, the man of character falls back upon himself.
For glory gives herself only to those who have always dreamed of her.
Politics, when it is an art and a service, not an exploitation, is about acting for an ideal through realities.
Old age is a shipwreck.
In order to become the master, the politician poses as the servant.