I have a right to be blind sometimes.
I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.
Whoever gains the palm by merit, let him hold it.
To do nothing was disgraceful; therefore I made use of my understanding.
Firstly, you must always implicitly obey orders, without attempting to form any opinion of your own respecting their propriety. Secondly, you must consider every man your enemy who speaks ill of your king; and thirdly, you must hate a Frenchman, as you do the devil.
Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.