The best cure for the body is a quiet mind.

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.

Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.

The man fitted for affairs and authority never considers individuals, but things and their consequences.

In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.

One can lead a nation only by helping it see a bright outlook. A leader is a dealer in hope.

It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.