A great country worthy of the name does not have any friends.
Whereas ordinary officers must be content with behaving correctly in front of their men, the great leaders have always carefully stage-managed their effects.
To govern is always to choose among disadvantages.
I am not bad, thank you. But don't worry, one of these days I shall certainly die.
The graveyards are full of indispensable men.
Don't ask me who's influenced me. A lion is made up of the lambs he's digested, and I've been reading all my life.