The spider is the chamberlain in the Palace of the Caesars The owl is the trumpeter on the battlements of Afrasiyah.

When you have gained a victory, do not push it too far; 'tis sufficient to let the company and your adversary see 'tis in your power but that you are too generous to make use of it.

The problems of victory are more agreeable than those of defeat, but they are no less difficult.

He that has gone so far as to cut the claws of the lion, will not feel himself quite secure until he has also drawn his teeth.

A conqueror is like a cannonball. He cannot stop of his own accord. He must go on until he runs down or hits something.

The god of Victory is said to be one-handed, but Peace gives victory to both sides.

All victories breed hate, and that over your superior is foolish or fatal.

Tis man's to fight, but Heaven's to give success.

In human history a moral victory is always a disaster, for it debauches and degrades both the victor and the vanquished.

Triumph cannot help being cruel.