Leaders have to be dealers in hope.
A form of government that is not the result of a long sequence of shared experiences, efforts, and endeavors can never take root.
Courage cannot be counterfeited. It is one virtue that escapes hypocrisy.
Rashness succeeds often, still more often fails.
True wisdom, in general, consists in energetic determination.
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.