To Have Good Soldiers, A Nation Must

In War The Simplest Manoeuvres Are The Best.

Governments Keep Their Promises Only When They Are Forced, Or When It Is To Their Advantage To Do So.

If I Always Appear Prepared, It Is Because Before Entering An Undertaking, I Have Meditated Long And Have Foreseen What Might Occur. It Is Not Genius Which Reveals To Me Suddenly And Secretly What I Should Do In Circumstances Unexpected By Others; It Is Thought And Preparation

The Allies We Gain By Victory Will Turn Against Us Upon The Bare Whisper Of Our Defeat.

It Is A Mistake, Too, To Say That The Face Is The Mirror Of The Soul. The Truth Is, Men Are Very Hard To Know, And Yet, Not To Be Deceived, We Must Judge Them By Their Present Actions, But For The Present Only.