Take a dose of medicine once, and in all probability you will be obliged to take an additional hundred afterwards

The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.

The logical end to defensive warfare is surrender.

I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to God.

The worse the man, the better the soldier.

We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.

In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.