He who neglects what is done for what ought to be done, sooner effects his ruin than his preservation.

Men are able to assist fortune but not to thwart her. They can weave her designs, but they cannot destroy them.

No proceeding is better than that which you have concealed from the enemy until the time you have executed it. To know how to recognize an opportunity in war, and take it, benefits you more than anything else. Nature creates few men brave, industry and training makes many. Discipline in war counts more than fury.

The leader should know how to enter into evil when necessity commands.

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

One should never allow chaos to develop in order to avoid going to war, because one does not avoid a war but instead puts it off to his disadvantage

Men as a whole judge more with their eyes than with their hands.