Men are more easily governed through their vices than through their virtues.

War is a serious game in which a man risks his reputation, his troops, and his country. A sensible man will search himself to know whether or not he is fitted for the trade.

Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.

If you (to General Bertrand) do not perceive that Jesus Christ is God, very well; then I did wrong to make you a general.

Malice delights to blacken the characters of prominent men.

How many seemingly impossible things have been accomplished by resolute men because they had to do, or die?

I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.