I understand people's suffering, people's pain, more than you will ever know yourself.
One can't write for all readers. A poet cannot write for people who don't like poetry.
You must not fight too often with one enemy, or you will teach him all your art of war.
You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.
Women are nothing but machines for producing children.
With audacity one can undertake anything, but not do everything.
When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.
What is history but a fable agreed upon?
We must laugh at man to avoid crying for him.
Water, air, and cleanness are the chief articles in my pharmacy.
War is the business of barbarians.
Victory belongs to the most persevering.
To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man; to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
Throw off your worries when you throw off your clothes at night.
There is only one step from the sublime to the ridiculous.
There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.
There is no such thing as accident; it is fate misnamed.
There are two levers for moving men - interest and fear.
There are only two forces that unite men - fear and interest.
There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.
The word impossible is not in my dictionary.