Proof is boring. Proof is tiresome. Proof is an irrelevance. People would far rather be handed an easy lie than search for a difficult truth, especially if it suits their own purposes.

Those with the least always lose the most in war.

It is easy to forget how much you have, when your eyes are always fixed on what you have not.

Chose? If you believe that I chose any part of the pitiful shadow of a life you see before you, you are very much mistaken. I chose glory and success. The box did not contain what was written on the lid.

Armour... is part of a state of mind... in which you admit the possibility... of being hit.

The fool strikes. The wise man smiles, and watches, and learns. Then strikes.

The wise wait for their moment, but never let it pass.