In should be the duty of every soldier to reflect on the experiences of the past, in the endeavor to discover improvements, in his particular sphere of action, which are practicable in the immediate future.

War is always a matter of doing evil in the hope that good may come of it.

If you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the quickest way of loosening his resistance. It should, equally, be a principle of policy, especially in war, to provide your opponent with a ladder by which he can climb down.

A complacent satisfaction with present knowledge is the chief bar to the pursuit of knowledge.

Every action is seen to fall into one of three main categories, guarding, hitting, or moving. Here, then, are the elements of combat, whether in war or pugilism.

For the spread and endurance of an idea the originator is dependent on the self-development of the receivers and transmitters.

For whoever habitually suppresses the truth in the interests of tact will produce a deformity from the womb of his thought.