One might as well try to charge through a wall.

If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

I cannot believe there is a god who punishes and rewards, for I see honest folk unlucky, and rogues unlucky.

It is not necessary to bury the truth. It is sufficient merely to delay it until nobody cares.

The Bible is no mere book, but a Living Creature, with a power that conquers all that oppose it.