One Might As Well Try

One Might As Well Try To Charge Through A Wall.

What Is The Government? Nothing, Unless Supported By Opinion.

Love Is The Idler's Occupation, The Warrior's Relaxation, And The Sovereign's Ruination.

A Commander-in-chief Cannot Take As An Excuse For His Mistakes In Warfare An Order Given By His Sovereign Or His Minister When The Person Giving The Order Is Absent From The Field Of Operations And Is Imperfectly Aware Or Wholly Unaware Of The Latest State Of Affairs. It Follows That Any Commander-in-chief Who Undertakes To Carry Out A Plan Which He Considers Defective Is At Fault; He Must Put Forward His Reasons, Insist On The Plan Being Changed, And Finally Tender His Resignation Rather Than Be The Instrument Of His Army's Downfall.

Once You Have Made Up Your Mind, Stick To It; There Is No Longer Any 'if' Or 'but'.