Clever policy consists in making nations believe they are free.
Put your iron hand in a velvet glove.
A battle sometimes decides everything; and sometimes the most trifling thing decides the fate of a battle.
If we could read the past histories of all our enemies we would disregard all hostility for them.
To command, you must first of all speak to the eyes.
The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.