Men, in general, are but great children.

The World is not ruined by the wickedness of the wicked, but by the weakness of the good.

I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers

Wisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events.

To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government.

You don't reason with intellectuals. You shoot them.

The greatest ornament of an illustrious life is modesty and humility, which go a great way in the character even of the most exalted princes.