In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything.

That man [Sir Sydney Smith] made me miss my destiny.

If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East.

He who fears being conquered is sure of defeat.

Nothing is so important in war as an undivided command.

Reconnaissance memoranda should always be written in the simplest style and be purely descriptive. They should never stray from their objective by introducing extraneous ideas.