The man who spends his time choosing one resort after another in a hunt for peace and quiet will in every place he visits find something to prevent him from relaxing.

To meditate an injury is to commit one.

It's unknown the place and uncertain the time where death awaits you; thus you must expect death to find you, every time, at every place.

The fortune of war is always doubtful.

Let tears flow of their own accord; their flowing is not inconsistent with inward peace and harmony.

Freedom is not being a slave to any circumstance, to any constraint, to any chance; it means compelling Fortune to enter the lists on equal terms.

Luck is what happens when preparation meets opportunity.