We frustrate many designs against us by pretending not to see them.

The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.

Skepticism is a virtue in history as well as in philosophy.

I have noticed in every campaign that I have fought-that there is a key segment of time, somewhere between 13 and 15 minutes in which the battle is won or lost. I focus on that segment of time, and I win.

It is not necessary to bury the truth. It is sufficient merely to delay it until nobody cares.

In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.

Agriculture is the soul and chief support of empires; industry produces riches and the happiness of the people; exportation represents the superabundance, and good use of both.