Riches Do Not Consist In The Possession

History Is A Myth That Men Agree To Believe.

There Is No Such Thing As Accident; It Is Fate Misnamed.

A Commander-in-chief Cannot Take As An Excuse For His Mistakes In Warfare An Order Given By His Sovereign Or His Minister When The Person Giving The Order Is Absent From The Field Of Operations And Is Imperfectly Aware Or Wholly Unaware Of The Latest State Of Affairs. It Follows That Any Commander-in-chief Who Undertakes To Carry Out A Plan Which He Considers Defective Is At Fault; He Must Put Forward His Reasons, Insist On The Plan Being Changed, And Finally Tender His Resignation Rather Than Be The Instrument Of His Army's Downfall.

An Army Marches On Its Stomach.

I Saw The Crown Of France Laying On The Ground, So I Picked It Up With My Sword.