I believe that it is possible for one to praise, without concern, any man after he is dead since every reason and supervision for adulation is lacking.

There are three kinds of minds: first those that attain insight and understanding of things by their own means, then those that recognize what is right when others explain it to them, and finally those that are capable of neither one nor the other.

There are three kinds of intelligence: one kind understands things for itself, the other appreciates what others can understand, the third understands neither for itself nor through others. This first kind is excellent, the second good, and the third kind useless.

Men are so simple of mind, and so much dominated by their immediate needs, that a deceitful man will always find plenty who are ready to be deceived.

Any harm you do to a man should be done in such a way that you need not fear his revenge.

Benefits should be granted little by little, so that they may be better enjoyed.

In war, discipline can do more than fury.