“A clever general, therefore, avoids an army when its spirit is keen, but attacks it when it is sluggish and inclined to...”

“A disciplined mind leads to happiness, and an undisciplined mind leads to suffering.”

“If a man take no thought about what is distant he will find sorrow near at hand.”

“Do not waste your pity on a scamp.”

“Never ruin an apology with an excuse.”

“One must change one's tactics every ten years if one wishes to maintain one's superiority.”

“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all others.”

“One paid for one's knowledge with one's skin.”

“Speak properly, and in as few words as you can, but always plainly; for the end of speech is not ostentation, but to be...”

“A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward.”

“...anger is a waste of energy. Steam which is used to blow off a safety valve would be better used to drive an engine.”

“I hold the maxim no less applicable to public than to private affairs, that honesty is always the best policy.”