It is unfortunate when final decisions are made by chieftains headquartered miles away from the front, where they can only guess at conditions and po….

There, where I have passed, the grass will never grow gain..

For what fortress, what city, in the wide extent of the Roman empire, can hope to exist, secure and impregnable, if it is our pleasure that it should….

Trample the weak. Hurdle the dead..

Never arbitrate. Arbitration allows a third party to determine your destiny. It is a resort of the weak..

It's not that I succeed, it's that everyone else has to fail, horribly, preferably in front of their parents..

Do not underestimate the power of an enemy, no matter how great or small, to rise against you another day..

Superficial goals lead to superficial results.

It takes less courage to criticize the decisions of others than to stand by your own..

Everybody has value; even if to serve as a bad example..

Chieftains must understand that the spirit of the law is greater than its letter..

If an incompetent chieftain is removed, seldom do we appoint his highest-ranking subordinate to his place.