Chess is too difficult to be a game and not serious enough to be a science or an art.

In politics nothing is immutable. Events carry within them an invincible power. The unwise destroy themselves in resistance. The skillful accept events, take strong hold of them and direct them.

Rascality has limits; stupidity has not.

A man will fight harder for his interests than for his rights.

The greatest danger occurs at the moment of victory

To make yourself understood to people, one must first speak to their eyes

A soldier will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.