War is not an exercise of the will directed at an inanimate matter.

War should never be thought of as something autonomous, but always as an instrument of policy.

Politics is the womb in which war develops - where its outlines already exist in their hidden rudimentary form, like the characteristics of living creatures in their embryos.

Only great and general battles can produce great results

If we read history with an open mind, we cannot fail to conclude that, among all the military virtues, the energetic conduct of war has always contributed most to glory and success.

With uncertainty in one scale, courage and self-confidence should be thrown into the other to correct the balance. The greater they are, the greater the margin that can be left for accidents.

To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'