The affairs of war, like the destiny of battles, as well as empires, hang upon a spiders thread.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.

On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.

Lead the ideas of your time and they will accompany and support you; fall behind them and they drag you along with them; oppose them and they will overwhelm you.

Unavailable wars are always just.

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.