I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?

A Constitution should be short and obscure.

The heart of a statesman should be in his head.

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

Men take only their needs into consideration - never their abilities.

In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day.