Cruelties should be committed all at once.
Tardiness often robs us opportunity, and the dispatch of our forces.
With difficulty he is beaten who can estimate his own forces and those of his enemy.
Men are more ready to offend one who desires to be beloved than one who wishes to be feared.
Few men are brave by nature, but good discipline and experience make many so.
Every one sees what you appear to be, few really know what you are, and those few dare not oppose themselves to the opinion of the many, who have the majesty of the state to defend them.