Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free.

The only conquests that are permanent and leave no regrets are our conquests over ourselves.

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

A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.

There is one kind of robber whom the law does not strike at, and who steals what is most precious to men: time.

Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.

The object of war is victory, the object of victory is conquest, and the object of conquest is occupation.