Diplomacy Is The Police In Grand Costume.

A Man Who Has No Consideration For The Needs Of His Men Ought Never To Be Given Command.

In Politics... Never Retreat, Never Retract... Never Admit A Mistake.

Never Lose Sight Of This Maxim, That You Should Establish Your Cantonments At The Most Distant And Best Protected Point From The Enemy, Especially Where A Surprise Is Possible. By This Means You Will Have Time To Unite All Your Forces Before He Can Attack You.

You Would Make A Ship Sail Against The Winds And Currents By Lighting A Bonfire Under Her Decks? I Have No Time For Such Nonsense.

All The Scholastic Scaffolding Falls, As A Ruined Edifice, Before A Single Word: Faith.