I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

I cannot believe there is a god who punishes and rewards, for I see honest folk unlucky, and rogues unlucky.

There are so many laws that no one is safe from hanging.