History is a myth that men agree to believe.

Wisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events.

The reason most people fail instead of succeed is they trade what they want most for what they want at the moment.

I haven't known 6 days of happiness in my life.

I have noticed in every campaign that I have fought-that there is a key segment of time, somewhere between 13 and 15 minutes in which the battle is won or lost. I focus on that segment of time, and I win.

Promptly improve your accidents.

Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation's independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself.