An army which cannot be reenforced is already defeated.

A revolution is an idea which has found its bayonets.

I have noticed in every campaign that I have fought-that there is a key segment of time, somewhere between 13 and 15 minutes in which the battle is won or lost. I focus on that segment of time, and I win.

Every hour of lost time is a chance of future misfortune.

Riches do not consist in the possession of treasures, but in the use made of them.

To listen to the interests of all marks an ordinary government; to foresee them marks a great government.

The poor man commands respect; the beggar must always excite anger.