God deliver me from my friends! I'll take care of my enemies myself.
A great country ought not to make little wars.
There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.
All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.
Extra interest signifies extra risk.
The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterwards.