Force Is The Law Of Animals, Men

Clearly, The Pleasures Wines Afford Are Transitory - But So Are Those Of The Ballet, Or Of A Musical Performance. Wine Is Inspiring And Adds Greatly To The Joy Of Living.

I Base My Calculation On The Expectation That Luck Will Be Against Me.

If I Had Not Been Defeated In Acre Against Jezzar Pasha Of Turk. I Would Conquer All Of The East.

A Commander-in-chief Cannot Take As An Excuse For His Mistakes In Warfare An Order Given By His Sovereign Or His Minister When The Person Giving The Order Is Absent From The Field Of Operations And Is Imperfectly Aware Or Wholly Unaware Of The Latest State Of Affairs. It Follows That Any Commander-in-chief Who Undertakes To Carry Out A Plan Which He Considers Defective Is At Fault; He Must Put Forward His Reasons, Insist On The Plan Being Changed, And Finally Tender His Resignation Rather Than Be The Instrument Of His Army's Downfall.

Ability Is Noting Without Opportunity.