In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Good Will.

You may have to fight when there is no hope of victory, because it is better to perish than live as slaves.

Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace, and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to win.

When you are winning a war almost everything that happens can be claimed to be right and wise.

Wars are not won by evacuations.