If we look backwards to antiquity it should be as those that are winning a race.

Like the rainbow, peace rests upon the earth, but its arch is lost in heaven. Heaven bathes it in hues of light--it springs up amid tears and clouds--it is a reflection of the eternal sun--it is an assurance of calm--it is the sign of a great covenant between God and man--it is an emanation from the distant orb of immortal light.

Most importantly: Don't adjust your results to build up the ego of the chief strategist. Especially if the strategist is you.

Where we cannot invent, we may at least improve.

Let us not be too prodigal when we are young, nor too parsimonious when we are old. Otherwise we shall fall into the common error of those, who, when they had the power to enjoy, had not the prudence to acquire; and when they had the prudence to acquire, had no longer the power to enjoy.

War kills men, and men deplore the loss; but war also crushes bad principles and tyrants, and so saves societies.

Expect not praise without envy until you are dead.