I have so often been mistaken that I no longer blush for it
Forethought we may have, undoubtedly, but not foresight.
War is a lottery in which nations ought to risk nothing but small amounts.
History is written by the winners.
To write history one must be more than a man, since the author who holds the pen of this great justiciary must be free from all preoccupation of interest or vanity.
Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.