A battle that you win cancels all your mistakes.

The world has always been the same; and there is always as much good fortune as bad in it.

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

The unarmed man is not just defenseless - he is also contemptible.

The reformer has enemies in all who profit by the old order, and only lukewarm defenders in all those who would profit by the new order.

In war, discipline can do more than fury.

A prince need trouble little about conspiracies when the people are well disposed, but when they are hostile and hold him in hatred, then he must fear everything and everybody.