If they want peace, nations should avoid the pin-pricks that precede cannon shots.
The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin.
The army is the true nobility of our country.
Battles are lost or won in 15 minutes
In war, as in prostitution, amateurs are often better than professionals.
They wanted me to be a Washington.