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

Democracy may become frenzied, but it has feelings and can be moved. As for aristocracy, it is always cold and never forgives.

Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.

They wanted me to be a Washington.

From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events.

War,--the trade of barbarians!

It is the cause, not the death, that makes the martyr.