“War is the father and king of all.”

“Men forget where the way leads and what they meet with every day seems strange to them.We should not act and speak like men asleep.”

“Most people do not take heed of the things they encounter, nor do they grasp them even when they have learned about them, although they suppose they do.”

“He who does not expect will not find out the unexpected, for it is trackless and unexplored”

“The seeing have the world in common.”

“Give thy thoughts no tongue.”

“Be not too tame neither, but let your own Discretion be your tutor; suit the action to the word, the word to the action.”

“Give it an understanding, but no tongue.”