The only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast.

The whole art of war consists in getting at what is on the other side of the hill.

Just to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a battle, I mention that there are some circumstances mentioned in General -'s account which did not occur as he relates them. It is impossible to say when each important occurrence took place, or in what order.

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

A great country can have no such thing as a little war.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.