The strong man is the one who is able to intercept at will the communication between the senses and the mind.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

A throne is only a bench covered with velvet.

One should never forbid what one lacks the power to prevent.

Religion is excellent stuff for keeping common people quiet.

I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.

The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

A leader is a dealer in hope.

If I had to choose a religion, the sun as the universal giver of life would be my god.

An army marches on its stomach.

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

In politics stupidity is not a handicap.

Imagination rules the world.

The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.

You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.

Courage is like love; it must have hope for nourishment.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.

Respect the burden.

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.

Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

In politics... never retreat, never retract... never admit a mistake.

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

What is history but a fable agreed upon?

The human race is governed by its imagination.