A collective tyrant, spread over the length and breadth of the land, is no more acceptable than a single tyrant ensconced on his throne.

All the great pleasures of life are silent.

In order to act, you must be somewhat insane .A reasonably sensible man is satisfied with thinking.

I don't know whether war is an interlude during peace, or peace is an interlude during war.

The best time of love, is when one goes up the stairs.

Generals cannot be trusted with anything, not even with war.

War is too serious to be entrusted to generals