Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

England would be better off without Canada; it keeps her in a prepared state for war at a great expense and constant irritation.

If you know a country's geography, you can understand and predict its foreign policy.

Whatever shall we do in that remote spot? Well, we will write our memoirs. Work is the scythe of time.

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.

In our time no one has the conception of what is great. It is up to me to show them.