Power Is Founded Upon Opinion.

I Have Fought Sixty Battles, And I Have Learnt Nothing Which I Did Not Know At The Beginning.

Over-preparation Is The Foe Of Inspiration.

I Have Only One Counsel For You - Be Master.

Men Will Risk Their Lives, Even Die For Ribbons.

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.