Ten soldiers wisely led will beat a hundred without a head.

Time will reveal everything to posterity; it is a babbler and speaks even when no question is put

No commander before me, no commander after me, will be more proud of his soldiers - his warriors - than I am of you today. You've proved that your are a lethal, mobile, agile force to be reckoned with.

Happiness is brief. It will not stay. God batters at its sails.

No one can confidently say that he will still be living tomorrow.

I loathe a friend whose gratitude grows old, a friend who takes his friend's prosperity but will not voyage with him in his grief