If you must break the law, do it to seize power: in all other cases observe it.
What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.
In war, events of importance are the result of trivial causes.
Which death is preferably to every other? ‘The unexpected’.
As a rule, men worry more about what they can’t see than about what they can.
It is better to create than to learn! Creating is the essence of life.
Caesar’s wife must be above suspicion.
It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.
Cowards die many times before their actual deaths.
It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking.
Experience is the teacher of all things.
Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish.
Fortune, which has a great deal of power in other matters but especially in war, can bring about great changes in a situation through very slight forces.
Men freely believe that which they desire.
I had rather be first in a village than second at Rome.
Men in general are quick to believe that which they wish to be true.
I have lived long enough both in years and in accomplishments.
No one is so brave that he is not disturbed by something unexpected.
I have lived long enough to satisfy both nature and glory.
The die is cast.
I love the name of honor, more than I fear death.
Veni, vidi, vici (I came, I saw, I conquered)
