First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can.

Let me alone: I have yet my legs and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and his instruments. I know I must lose my right arm, so the sooner it's off the b…

Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminister Abbey.

My character and good name are in my own keeping. Life with disgrace is dreadful. A glorious death is to be envied.

That Germany beat these countries was due to better planning and not better preparedness.

One cannot think that blind bravery gives victory over the enemy.

I suppose my formula might be: dream, diversify and never miss an angle.