Once you are so unfortunate as to be drawn into a war, no price is too great to pay for an early and victorious peace.

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.

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.

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.

A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow.