To imagine that it is possible to perform great military deeds without fighting is just empty dreams.
Morality has nothing to do with such a man as I am.
Among those who dislike oppression are many who like to oppress.
It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.
Of all the peoples of Europe, Spaniards disgust me the least.
I treat policies like war. I hoodwink one flank so as to trounce the other. In my family we kneel only to God.