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.

Desperate affairs require desperate remedies.

Everything in strategy is very simple, but that does not mean everything is very easy.

Whoever does great things with small means has successfully reached the goal.

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.

Many intelligence reports in war are contradictory; even more are false, and most are uncertain.

The more a leader is in the habit of demanding from his men, the surer he will be that his demands will be answered.