Providence is always on the side of the last reserve.
I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to God.
As a rule it is circumstances that make men.
Love is the occupation of the idle man, the amusement of a busy one, and the shipwreck of a sovereign.
In war, the moral is to the physical as three is to one.
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.