A general's principal talent consists in knowing the mentality of the soldier and in gaining his confidence.

It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.

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

You never can tell whether bad luck may not, after all, turn out to be good luck.

Good fortune is what happens when opportunity meets with planning.

I sometimes think we consider too much the good luck of the early bird and not enough the bad luck of the early worm.