Nothing is won without enthusiasm.
Meet success like a gentleman; disaster like a man.
The belief that security can be obtained by throwing a small state to the wolves is a fatal delusion.
The is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what you try. But this principle, like others in life and war, has it exceptions.
Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.
Those good at war aren't good at peace, and those good at peace aren't good at war.