“All bad precedents begin as justifiable measures.”

War gives the right to the conquerors to impose any condition they please upon the vanquished.

Which death is preferably to every other? ‘The unexpected’.

I love treason but hate a traitor.

Wine and other luxuries have a tendency to enervate the mind and make men less brave in battle.

I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.

It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.

I am prepared to resort to anything, to submit to anything, for the sake of the commonwealth.

The difference between a republic and an empire is the loyalty of one’s army.

He conquers twice, who shows mercy to the conquered.

The evil that men do lives after them; The good is oft interred with their bones.

It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.

Go on, my friend, and fear nothing; you carry Caesar and his fortune in your boat.

If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.

Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.

In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.

Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.

It’s bad policy to speculate on what you’ll do if a plan fails when you’re trying to make a plan work.

A weapon isn’t good or bad, depends on the person who uses it.

Whenever my country has something bad happening I feel guilty for not being there. It’s weird.

A Catholic may sin and sin as badly as anyone else, but no genuine Catholic ever denies he is a sinner. A Catholic wants his sins forgiven – not excused or sublimated.

I’ve only been in unrequited relationships where people haven’t loved me back. I guess I’m a little bit attracted to that in a bad way.

I believe that everything happens for a reason, and what seems bad at first might in fact be something of a blessing.

Don’t let your sins turn into bad habits.

There are a lot of bad screenplays so if you write a good screenplay people are going to respond to it.