I am sometimes a fox and sometimes a lion. The whole secret of government lies in knowing when to be the one or the other.
To do all that one is able to do, is to be a man to do all that one would like to do, is to be a god.
You must not fear death, my lads defy him, and you drive him into the enemy’s ranks.
The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.
The first virtue in a soldier is endurance of fatigue courage is only the second virtue.
One must change one’s tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one’s superiority.