People readily believe what they want to believe.
Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.
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.
Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.
In war, important events result from trivial causes.
As a result of a general defect of nature, we are either more confident or more fearful of unusual and unknown things.