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

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.

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

The corpse of an enemy always smells sweet.

The keys of a fortress are always well worth the retirement of the garrison when it is resolved to yield only on those conditions. On this principle it is always wiser to grant an honorable capitulation to a garrison which has made a vigorous resistance than to risk an assault.