You have to run risks. There are no certainties in war. There is a precipice on either side of you - a precipice of caution and a precipice of over-daring.

A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.

Two nations divided by a common language.

I'm so bored with it all.

In battles two things are usually required of the Commander-in-Chief: to make a good plan for his army and, secondly, to keep a strong reserve.

The main vice of capitalism is the uneven distribution of prosperity. The main vice of socialism is the even distribution of misery.

Meet success like a gentleman; disaster like a man.