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

Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.

It is not necessary to prohibit or encourage oddities of conduct which are not harmful.

Without cavalry, battles are without result.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.

The torment of precautions often exceeds the dangers to be avoided. It is sometimes better to abandon one's self to destiny.