It is a true observation of ancient writers, that as men are apt to be cast down by adversity, so they, are easily satiated with prosperity, and that joy and grief produce the same effects. For whenever men are not obliged by necessity to fight they fight from ambition, which is so powerful a passion in the human breast that however high we reach we are never satisfied.

Wisdom consists of knowing how to distinguish the nature of trouble, and in choosing the lesser evil.

Men are driven by two principal impulses, either by love or by fear.

The wise man does at once what the fool does finally.

You have to be a prince to understand the people, and you have to belong to the people to understand the princes.

And above all you ought to guard against leading an army to fight which is afraid or which is not confident of victory. For the greatest sign of an impending loss is when one does not believe one can win.

Laa shay'a waqi'un moutlaq bale kouloun moumkine...We work in the Dark, to serve the Light.