No one ever finds life worth living - one has to make it worth living.

Next time I go into the action - I shall command a hundred men - & possibly I may bring off some coup. Besides I shall have some other motive for taking chances than merely "love of adventure".

To improve is to change.

Little did we guess that what has been called the century of the common man would witness as its outstanding feature more common men killing each other with greater facilities than any other five centuries together in the history of the world.

Never let a good crisis go to waste

I am convinced that there is no smarter, handier, or more adaptable body of troops in the world.

The vistas of possibility are only limited by the shortness of life.