It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour.
Few really believe. The most only believe that they believe or even make believe.
I can no longer obey; I have tasted command, and I cannot give it up.
True wisdom, in general, consists in energetic determination.
There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.