"To talk much and arrive at no conclusion is a bad habit and a disease. It is a waste of time and an obstacle to business."

"I have left my subjects more enlightened, but poorer."

"A ruler that has only an army has one hand, but he who has a navy has both."

"The greatest glory consists not in never falling, but in rising every time we fall."

"I have not been able to find a single good general; I must be my own."