Of all the peoples of Europe, Spaniards disgust me the least.

War is the business of barbarians.

Oh Man, Man. How despicable in slavery, how great when fired with the love of freedom!

Success is the most convincing talker in the world.

An army travels on its stomach. Soup makes the soldier.

In tragedy great men are more truly great than in history. We see them only in the crises which unfold them.

In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day.