Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious.

As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.'

When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out.

Publish and be dammed.

The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.

Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils.

I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me.

I attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myself.

I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned.

There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory – except a great defeat.