Timid and cowardly soldiers cause the loss of a nation's independence; but pusillanimous magistrates destroy the empire of the laws, the rights of the throne, and even social order itself.

The thing about being misunderstood is that it diminishes your enjoyment of life.

I know he's a good general, but is he lucky?

Prussia was hatched from a cannon-ball.

A general-in-chief should never allow any rest either to the conquerors or to the conquered.

Read over and over again the campaigns of Alexander, Hannibal, Caesar, Gustavus, Turenne, Eugene and Frederic. Make them your models. This is the only way to become a great general and to master the secrets of the art of war. With your own genius enlightened by this study, you will reject all maxims opposed to those of these great commanders.