Appear As You May Wish

For Whoever Conquers A Free Town, And Does Not Demolish It, Commits A Great Error, And May Expect To Be Ruin 'd Himself.

For, In Truth, There Is No Sure Way Of Holding Other Than By Destroying

Never Lead Your Soldiers To Battle If You Have Not First Confirmed Their Spirit And Known Them To Be Without Fear And Ordered; And Never Test Them Except When You See That They Hope To Win.

The End Of The Republic Is To Enervate And To Weaken All Other Bodies So As To Increase Its Own Body.

It Is A Common Failing Of Man Not To Take Account Of Tempests During Fair Weather.