“It is because they are so strong that she hides her feelings.”

“You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat.”

“Everyone recognized she was without malice and therefore she provoked none.”

“And though I remember her name I cannot recall her face. All things pass.”

“The order should not have been given,' she said. 'It was not done for the city but for your private ends.'I shook my head. 'There is no difference.'You believe that?'A Prince must, or he is no Prince.”

“The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation of the other side's weaknesses.”

“Fritz was melancholic by nature, and could tolerate his own gloom. I do not think this is so with you, who are sanguine and impatient. In your case, remorse and despondency could be crippling.”