Self-reliance is the best defence against the pressures of the moment.

All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are.

Men are always more inclined to pitch their estimate of the enemy's strength too high than too low, such is human nature.

If the leader is filled with high ambition and if he pursues his aims with audacity and strength of will, he will reach them in spite of all obstacles.

The only situation a commander can know fully is his own: his opponent's he can know only from unreliable intelligence.

Every age has its own kind of war, its own limiting conditions and its own peculiar preconceptions.

A certain grasp of military affairs is vital for those in charge of general policy.