The man who commands efficiently must have obeyed others in the past, and the man who obeys dutifully is worthy of someday being a commander.

Politeness and an affable address are our best introduction.

More is lost by indecision than wrong decision. Indecision is the thief of opportunity. It will steal you blind.

Laws are inoperative in war

All I can do is to urge on you to regard friendship as the greatest thing in the world; for there is nothing which so fits in with our nature, or is so exactly what we want in prosperity or adversity.

History is truely the witness of times past, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life, the messenger of antiquity.

Nothing is difficult in the eyes of a lover.