War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.
If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.
True wisdom, in general, consists in energetic determination.
In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.
No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.
No amount of money will induce someone to lay down their life, but they will gladly do so for a bit of yellow ribbon.