“Illness strikes men when they are exposed to change.”

All men’s gains are the fruit of venturing.

Force has no place where there is need of skill.

When life is so burdensome death has become a sought after refuge.

There is nothing more foolish, nothing more given to outrage than a useless mob.

The Lacedaemonians fought a memorable battle; they made it quite clear that they were the experts, and that they were fighting against amateurs.

We are less convinced by what we hear than by what we see.

Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances.

The worst part a man can suffer is to have insight into much and power over nothing.

If a man insisted always on being serious, and never allowed himself a bit of fun and relaxation, he would go mad or become unstable without knowing it.

My men have become women, but the women men.

The worst pain a man can have is to know much and be impotent to act.

We have two useless gods who never leave our island, but like to dwell in it constantly, Poverty and Helplessness.

The ear is a less trustworthy witness than the eye.

If one is sufficiently lavish with time, everything possible happens.

But this I know: if all mankind were to take their troubles to market with the idea of exchanging them, anyone seeing what his neighbor’s troubles were like would be glad to go home with his own.

Of all possessions a friend is the most precious.

Each moment that passes changes you. You can’t even own yourself. How can you ever hope to own anyone or anything else.

In the past, humans hesitated when they took lives, even non-human lives. But society had changed, and they no longer felt that way.

We do not merely destroy our enemies; we change them.

For things to change, you have to change. For things to get better, you have to get better. For things to improve, you have to improve. When you grow, everything in your life grows with you.

Your growth scares people who don’t want to change.

It is not the strongest of the species that survives, not the most intelligent that survives. It is the one that is the most adaptable to change.

There’s no point in making predictions. It’s not worth speculating because nothing is set in stone and things change all the time in football.

If you’re too focused on your current business, it’s hard to change and concentrate on innovating.