Diplomacy Is The Police In

Reprisals Are But A Sad Resource.

There Is No Man More Pusillanimous Than I When I Am Planning A Campaign. I Purposely Exaggerate All The Dangers And All The Calamities That The Circumstances Make Possible. I Am In A Thoroughly Painful State Of Agitation. This Does Not Keep Me From Looking Quite Serene In Front Of My Entourage; I Am Like An Unmarried Girl Laboring With Child. Once I Have Made Up My Mind, Everything Is Forgotten Except What Leads To Success.

To Imagine That It Is Possible To Perform Great Military Deeds Without Fighting Is Just Empty Dreams.

Love Is The Occupation Of The Idle Man, The Amusement Of A Busy One, And The Shipwreck Of A Sovereign.

In Time Of Revolution, With Perseverance And Courage, A Soldier Should Think Nothing Impossible.