The first quality of a soldier is constancy in enduring fatigue and hardship. Courage is only the second. Poverty privation and want are the school of the good soldier.
It is only by prudence, wisdom, and dexterity that great ends are attained and obstacles overcome. Without these qualities nothing succeeds.
It is exceptional and difficult to find in one man all the qualities necessary for a great general.
When I want any, good head work done; I always choose a man, if possible with a long nose.
The most desirable quality in a soldier is constancy in the support of fatigue; valor is only secondary.
The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news.
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