It is better that a guilty man should not be brought to trial than that he should be acquitted.
In difficult and desperate cases, the boldest counsels are the safest.
Luck rules every human endeavor, especially war.
By flying, men often rush into the midst of calamities.
It takes a long time to bring excellence to maturity.
Under the influence of fear, which always leads men to take a pessimistic view of things, they magnified their enemies' resources, and minimized their own.