A man's character is his fate.

The people must fight on behalf of the law as though for the city wall.

Big results require big ambitions.

And some men are as ignorant of what they do when awake as they are forgetful of what they do when asleep.

Whosoever wishes to know about the world must learn about it in its particular details. Knowledge is not intelligence. In searching for the truth be ready for the unexpected. Change alone is unchanging. The same road goes both up and down. The beginning of a circle is also its end. Not I, but the world says it: all is one. And yet everything comes in season.

It is better to hide ignorance, but it is hard to do this when we relax over wine.

War is the mother of everything.