I was a king and a king's heir and now I am a slave.
An audience of twenty thousand, sitting on its hands, could not have produced such an echoing silence.
Never destroy without thought your enemy's pretences; they are usually your best weapon against him.
It is better to learn war early from friends, than late from enemies.
Go with your fate, but not beyond. Beyond leads to dark places.
Tell a man what he may not sing and he is still half free; even all free, if he never wanted to sing it. But tell him what he must sing, take up his time with it so that his true voice cannot sound even in secret -- there, I have seen is slavery.