Treaties are observed as long as they are in harmony with interests.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.

Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.

The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry.

Power is what they like - it is the greatest of all aphrodisiacs.