Montesquieu on success

Useless laws weaken the necessary laws.

I can assure you that no kingdom has ever had as many civil wars as the kingdom of Christ.

I have always observed that to succeed in the world one should appear like a fool but be wise.

I came, I saw, I conquered.

Julius Caesar100–44 BCInscription on the triumphal wagon reported in The Twelve Caesars by Suetonius, as translated by Robert Graves (1957).

For the want of a nail, the shoe was lost; for the want of a shoe the horse was lost; and for the want of a horse the rider was lost, being overtaken and slain by the enemy, all for the want of care about a horseshoe nail.

Benjamin Franklin1706–1790Poor Richard’s Almanack

A journey of a thousand miles begins with a single step.