To know in war how to recognize an opportunity and seize it is better than anything else.

The more sand has escaped from the hourglass of our life, the clearer we should see through it.

The greatest remedy that is used against a plan of the enemy is to do voluntarily what he plans that you do by force.

Speaking generally, men are ungrateful, fickle, hypocritical, fearful odanger and covetous ogain.

Entrepreneurs are simply those who understand that there is little difference between obstacle and opportunity and are able to turn both to their advantage.

It is not titles that honor men, but men that honor titles.

From the latter he is defended by being well armed and having good allies, and if he is well armed he will have good friends, and affairs will always remain quiet within when they are quiet without, unless they should have been already disturbed by conspiracy; and even should affairs outside be disturbed, if he has carried out his preparations and has lived as I have said, as long as he does not despair, he will resist every attack.