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

Four hostile newspapers are more to be feared than a thousand bayonets.

We are made weak both by idleness and distrust of ourselves. Unfortunate, indeed, is he who suffers from both. If he is a mere individual he becomes nothing; if he is a king he is lost.

Men, in general, are but great children.

There is only one favorable moment in war; talent consists in knowing how to seize it.

Doctors will have more lives to answer for in the next world than even we generals.

Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.