"If the campaign is in summer the general must show himself greedy for his share of the sun and the heat, and in winte…"

"Just as the various trades are most highly developed in large cities, in the same way food at the palace is prepared …"

"That ... is the road to the obedience of compulsion. But there is a shorter way to a nobler goal, the obedience of th…"

"It is only for those to employ force who possess strength without judgment; but the well advised will have recourse t…"

"The most delightful of all music, that of your own praises."

"There is small risk a general will be regarded with contempt by those he leads, if, whatever he may have to preach, h…"

"For showing loyalty in the midst of prosperity calls for no particular admiration, but always, if men show themselves…"

"As to what happened next, it is possible to maintain that the hand of heaven was involved, and also possible to say t…"

"Every one of you is the leader."

"It is common opinion among us in regard to beauty and wisdom that there is an honourable and a shameful way of bestow…"