The safest course is to do nothing against one's conscience. With this secret, we can enjoy life and have no fear from death.

To the real artist in humanity, what are called bad manners are often the most picturesque and significant of all.

So long as the memory of certain beloved friends lives in my heart, i shall say that life is good.

I'm a relatively respectable citizen. Multiple felon perhaps, but certainly not dangerous.

All knowledge which ends in words will die as quickly as it came to life, with the exception of the written word: which is its mechanical part.

The first method for estimating the intelligence of a ruler is to look at the men he has around him.

When the opponent expand, I contract. When he contracts, I expand. And, when there is an opportunity, I do not hit - it hits all by itself.

“Carefully compare the opposing army with your own, so that you may know where strength is superabundant and where it is deficient.”

The ancient Romans built their greatest masterpieces of architecture, their amphitheaters, for wild beasts to fight in.