Toil and pleasure, dissimilar in nature, are nevertheless united by a certain natural bond.

The real power behind whatever success I have now was something I found within myself - something that's in all of us, I think, a little piece of God just waiting to be discovered.

The army from Asia introduced a foreign luxury to Rome; it was then the meals began to require more dishes and more expenditure . . . the cook, who had up to that time been employed as a slave of low price, become dear: what had been nothing but a metier was elevated to an art.

Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.

Valor is the soldier's adornment.

Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.

Persevere in virtue and diligence.