In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

The army is the true nobility of our country.

Mankind are in the end always governed by superiority of intellectual faculties, and none are more sensible of this than the military profession. When, on my return from Italy, I assumed the dress of the Institute, and associated with men of science, I knew what I was doing: I was sure of not being misunderstood by the lowest drummer boy in the army.

A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.

The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.

Among so many conflicting ideas and so many different perspectives, the honest man is confused and distressed and the skeptic becomes wicked ... Since one must take sides, one might as well choose the side that is victorious, the side which devastates, loots, and burns. Considering the alternative, it is better to eat than to be eaten.