God is not willing to do everything, and thus take away our free will and that share of glory which belongs to us.

Since the handling of arms is a beautiful spectacle, it is delightful to young men.

He who wishes to be obeyed must know how to command.

The vulgar crowd always is taken by appearances, and the world consists chiefly of the vulgar.

No enterprise is more likely to succeed than one concealed from the enemy until it is ripe for execution.

Men are so simple and yield so readily to the desires of the moment that he who will trick will always find another who will suffer to be tricked.

No one should therefore fear that he cannot accomplish what others have accomplished, for, men are born, live, and die in quite the same way they always have.