Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

As usual, there is a great woman behind every idiot.

Great men are meteors designed to burn so that earth may be lighted.

Everybody can be great because everybody can serve.

If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.

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.