Men have their virtues and their vices, their heroisms and their perversities; men are neither wholly good nor wholly bad, but possess and practice all that there is of good and bad here below. Such is the general rule. Temperament, education, the accidents of life, are modifying factors. Outside of this, everything is ordered arrangement, everything is chance. Such has been my rule of expectation and it has usually brought me success.

Tis a principle of war that when you can use the lightning, 'tis better than cannon.

In war one must lean on an obstacle in order to overcome it.

A man cannot become an atheist merely by wishing it.

There are only two forces in the world, the sword and the spirit. In the long run the sword will always be conquered by the spirit.

There must be Religion. Otherwise the poor would murder the rich.

My star was fading, I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do nothing to stop it.