Diplomacy Without Arms Is Like

Being Goal Directed Is Not Enough To Conquer Your Enemy. To Achieve Your Goal You Need To Know And Be Able To Utilize All The Resources Available To You. This Includes The Knowledge Of All Those Available To You As Well As Using The Physical Resources And Those Who Control Them.

It Is Disgusting To Notice The Increase In The Quantity Of Coffee Used By My Subjects, And The Amount Of Money That Goes Out Of The Country As A Consequence. Everybody Is Using Coffee; This Must Be Prevented. His Majesty Was Brought Up On Beer, And So Were Both His Ancestors And Officers. Many Battles Have Been Fought And Won By Soldiers Nourished On Beer, And The King Does Not Believe That Coffee-drinking Soldiers Can Be Relied Upon To Endure Hardships In Case Of Another War.

To Your Care And Recommendation Am I Indebted For Having Replaced A Half-blind Mathematician With A Mathematician With Both Eyes, Which Will Especially Please The Anatomical Members Of My Academy.

It Is Pardonable To Be Defeated, But Never To Be Surprised.

A Man With His Heart In His Profession Imagines And Finds Resources Where The Worthless And Lazy Despair.