War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

One should never fall in the belief that you can find someone to pick you up.

Sometimes it has been of great moment while the fight is going on, to disseminate words that pronounce the enemies' captain to be dead, or to have been conquered by another part of the army. Many times this has given victory to him who used it.

With difficulty he is beaten who can estimate his own forces and those of his enemy.

A blast in the human breast is nothing to boast of.

Is it better to be loved or feared?

Wise men say, and not without reason, that whosoever wished to foresee the future might consult the past.