I Have Only One Counsel For You

Men Are Moved By Two Levers Only: Fear And Self Interest.

In War, Character And Opinion Make More Than Half Of The Reality.

My Star Was Fading, I Felt The Reins Slipping Out Of My Grasp, And Could Do Nothing To Stop It.

Public Opinion Is A Mysterious And Invisible Power, To Which Everything Must Yield. There Is Nothing More Fickle, More Vague, Or More Powerful; Yet Capricious As It Is, It Is Nevertheless Much More Often True, Reasonable, And Just, Than We Imagine.

When You Set Out To Take Vienna, Take Vienna.