What is done well is done quickly enough.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
Cowards die many times before their deaths; The valiant never taste of death but once. Of all the wonders that I yet have heard, It seems to me most strange that men should fear, Seeing that death, a necessary end, Will come when it will come.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.
Hasten deliberately. [Lat., Festina lente.]
Make haste slowly.
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.
Power has no limits.
To have command is to have all the power you will ever need. To have all the power you will ever need, is to have the world in the palm of you hand.
You cheer my heart, who build as if Rome would be eternal.
It is the duty of a good shepherd to shear his sheep, not to skin them.
Picture you upon my knee, Just tea two and two for tea.
As a rule, men worry more about what they can't see than about what they can.
Nothing common can seem worthy of you. [Lat., Nihil vulgare te dignum videri potest.]