War is politics by other means.

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

War is not merely a political act but a real political instrument, a continuation of political intercourse, a carrying out of the same by other means.

The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

There are cases in which the greatest daring is the greatest wisdom.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas.