Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe.
Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.
Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall, but the noise remains, and will reach to other generations.
I made all my generals out of mud.
Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.