The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue; courage is only the second virtue.

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.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

History is a myth that men agree to believe.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

You become strong by defying defeat and by turning loss into gain and failure to success.

I make my battle plans from the spirit of my sleeping soldiers