Oh well, no matter what happens, there's always death.

You must not fear death, my lads; defy him, and you drive him into the enemy's ranks.

No one but myself can be blamed for my fall. I have been my own greatest enemy-the cause of my own disastrous fate.

Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.

Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals.

Do you know what astonished me the most in this world? The inability of force to create anything.

Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.