Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.

The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.

A society without religion is like a vessel without compass.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.

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.

History is written by the winners.