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

If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East.

A commander in chief ought to say to himself several times a day: If the enemy should appear on my front, on my right, on my left, what would I do? And if the question finds him uncertain, he is not well placed, he is not as he should be, and he should remedy it.

I am a soldier and accustomed to risking my life every day. I am full of the fire of youth; I cannot act with the restraint of an accomplished diplomat.

True character stands the test of emergencies. Do not be mistaken, it is weakness from which the awakening is rude.

Circumstances-what are circumstances? I make circumstances

A man occupied with public or other important business cannot, and need not, attend to spelling.