The practice of law sharpens the mind by making it narrow.

Never tell your enemy he is doing the wrong thing.

The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.

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.

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

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.