A great reserve and severity of manners are necessary for the command of those who are older than ourselves.
I love power. But it is as an artist that I love it. I love it as a musician loves his violin, to draw out its sounds and chords and harmonies.
I made all my generals out of mud.
The human race is governed by its imagination.
Neglect of duty does not cease, by repetition, to be neglect of duty.
One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.