Humility must always be the portion of any man who receives acclaim earned in blood of his followers and sacrifices of his friends.

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.

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

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.