“Necessity is the last and strongest weapon.”

War is just to those for whom it is necessary, and arms are clear of impiety for those who have no hope left but in arms.

He will have true glory who despises it.

All things will be clear and distinct to the man who does not hurry; haste is blind and improvident.

There is nothing worse than being ashamed of parsimony or poverty.

Wit is the flower of the imagination.

Those ills are easiest to bear with which we are most familiar.

Friendships ought to be immortal, hostilities mortal.

Avarice and luxury, those evils which have been the ruin of every great state.

Temerity is not always successful.

Persevere in virtue and diligence.

Luck is of little moment to the great general, for it is under the control of his intellect and his judgment.

Great contests generally excite great animosities.

Better and safer is an assured peace than a victory hoped for. The one is in your own power, the other is in the hands of the gods.

No law is sufficiently convenient to all.

Greater is our terror of the unknown.

There is an old saying which, from its truth, has become proverbial, that friendships should be immortal, enmities mortal.

Lead from the back – and let others believe they are in front.

There is no solution; seek it lovingly.

He who loves practice without theory is like the sailor who boards ship without a rudder and compass and never knows where he may cast.

Read. Travel. Read. Ask. Read. Learn. Read. Connect. Read.

Your life will become better by making other lives better.

Today is always here,’ said Sethe. ‘Tomorrow, never.

All things are ready, if our mind be so.

Accept yourself. You don’t have to prove shit to no one except yourself.