What a solace Christianity must be to one who has an undoubted conviction of its truth!

Treason is a matter of dates.

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.

The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.

A journalist is a grumbler, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

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.

A great reputation is a great noise, the more there is of it, and the further does it swell. Land, monuments, Nations, all fall, but the noise remains, and will reach to other generations.