A fool is only troublesome, a pedant insupportable.

All the great captains have performed vast achievements by conforming with the rules of art--by adjusting efforts to obstacles.

A nation recruits men more easily than it can retrieve its honour.

When small men attempt great enterprises, they always end by reducing them to the level of their mediocrity.

Give me a man with a good allowance of nose,... when I want any good head-work done I choose a man - provided his education has been suitable - with a long nose.

If you wish to be a success in the world, promise everything, deliver nothing.

Wisdom and policy dictate that we must do as destiny demands and keep peace with the irresistible march of events.