Human greed, passion, vanity are the motive forces by which kings rule. In war, the moral element and public opinion are half the battle. In a conquered country benevolence is not humanitarianism. It is a general political axiom that a conqueror must not inspire a good opinion of his benevolence until he has demonstrated that he can be severe with malefactors. Great events ever depend but upon a single hair.
Unity of command is essential to the economy of time.
War must be made as intense and awful as possible in order to make it short, and thus to diminish its horrors. I believe one bad general to be worth two good ones. War is like government, a matter of tact. Expansion in a given territory for sustenance. The career open to talents without distinction of birth or fortune.