There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

Anarchy is the stepping stone to absolute power.

Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East.

Moses has revealed the existence of God to his nation. Jesus Christ to the Roman world, Muhammad to the old continent.

An army which cannot be reenforced is already defeated.