Champagne! In victory, one deserves it; in defeat one needs it.
Imagination rules the world.
Orders and decorations are necessary in order to dazzle the people.
Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
The worse the man the better the soldier. If soldiers be not corrupt they ought to be made so.
The herd seek out the great, not for their sake but for their influence; and the great welcome them out of vanity or need.