He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly.
The purely defensive is doomed to defeat.
The tools belong to the man who can use them.
If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East.
A leader has the right to be beaten, but never the right to be surprised.
From triumph to downfall there is but one step. I have noted that, in the most momentous occasions, mere nothings have always decided the outcome of the greatest events.