So he lived, not knowing and not seeing any chance of knowing what he was and for what purpose he had been placed in the word.

War is like a game of chess ... but with this little difference, that in chess you may think over each move as long as you please and are not limited for time, and with this difference too, that a knight is always stronger than a pawn, and two pawns are always stronger than one, while in war a battalion is sometimes stronger than a division and sometimes weaker than a company. The relative strength of bodies of troops can never be known to anyone.... Success never depends, and never will depend, on position, or equipment, or even on numbers, and least of all on position.

And once he had seen this, he could never again see it otherwise, just as we cannot reconstruct an illusion once it has been explained.

Without Greek studies there is no education.

And where love ends, hate begins

The key to success in life is using the good thoughts of wise people.

Nothing is so necessary for a young man as the company of intelligent women.