If you know a country's geography, you can understand and predict its foreign policy.

Treason is a matter of dates.

The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry.

Those who failed to oppose me, who readily agreed with me and accepted all my views, were those who did me the most injury.

You would make a ship sail against the winds and currents by lighting a bonfire under her decks? I have no time for such nonsense.

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.

From triumph to downfall is but a step. I have seen a trifle decide the most important issues in the gravest affairs.