In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
I love treason but hate a traitor.
I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.
As a result of a general defect of nature, we are either more confident or more fearful of unusual and unknown things.
As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.