A general has to expose his life as much as he exposes the lives of others. - Claude Louis Hector de Villars

In war everything depends upon being able to deceive the enemy; and having once gained this point, in never allowing him time to recover himself.

I am going to drive your enemies so far that they shall not again see the banks of the Scheldt; and by a battle on my arrival, to regain all that has been taken from your majesty.

When the first shot is fired, no one can calculate what will be the issue of the war. It is, therefore, of vast importance to reflect maturely before we begin it.