All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.

Destiny urges me to a goal of which I am ignorant. Until that goal is attained I am invulnerable, unassailable. When Destiny has accomplished her purpose in me, a fly may suffice to destroy me.

Never depend on the multitude, full of instability and whims; always take precautions against it.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.

Treason is a matter of dates.

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.