Desperate affairs require desperate remedies.
There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.
Intelligence alone is not courage, we often see that the most intelligent people are irresolute. Since in the rush of events a man is governed by feelings rather than by thought, the intellect needs to arouse the quality of courage, which then supports and sustains it in action.
The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.
War is nothing but a duel on a larger scale.
Action in war is like movement in a resistant element. Just as the simplest and most natural of movements, walking, cannot easily be performed in water, so in war, it is difficult for normal efforts to achieve even moderate results.