Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.

A conqueror is always a lover of peace.

Although our intellect always longs for clarity and certainty, our nature often finds uncertainty fascinating.

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.

In war, where imperfect intelligence, the threat of a catastrophe, and the number of accidents are incomparably greater than any other human endeavor, the amount of missed opportunities, so to speak, is therefore bound to be greater.

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.

Politics is the womb in which war develops.