And when the drums of war have reached a fever pitch and the blood boils with hate and the mind is closed, the leader will have no need in seizing the rights of the citizenry. Rather, the citizenry infused with fear and blinded by patriotism, will offer up all of their rights unto the leader and do it gladly so.

It's only hubris if I fail.

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.

I wished my wife to be not so much as suspected.

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.

Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.