I cannot command winds and weather.

I am of the opinion that the boldest measures are the safest.

Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the better.

There can be no place for self entirely

I cannot, if I am in the field of glory, be kept out of sight: wherever there is anything to be done, there Providence is sure to direct my steps.

If a man consults whether he is to fight, when he has the power in his own hands, it is certain that his opinion is against fighting.

Close with a Frenchman, but out-maneuver a Russian.