“Men are nearly always willing to believe what they wish”

“What we wish, we readily believe, and what we ourselves think, we imagine others think also.”

“Libenter homines id quod volunt credunt. (Roughly: It's easy for men to believe what they want to.)”

“It is easier to find men who will volunteer to die, than to find those who are willing to endure pain with patience.”

“In the end, it is impossible not to become what others believe you are.”

“It is not these well-fed long-haired men that I fear, but the pale and the hungry-looking....”

“Divide and Conquer.”