I've often heard it said, as the common proverb goes, that a fool can teach a wise man well.
One falls to the ground in trying to sit on two stools.
I drink for the thirst to come.
If you say to me: "Master, it would seem that you weren't too terribly wise to have written these bits of nonsense and pleasant mockeries," I respond that you are hardly more so in finding amusement in reading them.
Let every one be fully convinced in his own mind.
War begun without good provision of money beforehand for going through with it is but as a breathing of strength and blast that will quickly pass away. Coin is the sinews of war.