What the country needs is the annihilation of the enemy.
Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.
The politics of courts are so mean that private people would be ashamed to act in the same way; all is trick and finesse, to which the common cause is sacrificed.
To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding.
First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.
I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.