War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.

I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to God.

No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.

The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.

Life is strewn with so many dangers, and can be the source of so many misfortunes, that death is not the greatest of them.

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

If you want a thing done well, do it yourself.