All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.

Oh Man, Man. How despicable in slavery, how great when fired with the love of freedom!

Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

Women are nothing but machines for producing children.

A woman laughing is a woman conquered.

It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.