After we have thought out everything carefully in advance and have sought and found without prejudice the most plausible plan, we must not be ready to abandon it at the slightest provocation. should this certainty be lacking, we must tell ourselves that nothing is accomplished in warfare without daring; that the nature of war certainly does not let us see at all times where we are going; that what is probable will always be probable though at the moment it may not seem so; and finally, that we cannot be readily ruined by a single error, if we have made reasonable preparations.

The best strategy is always to be very strong.

In war everything is simple, but it's the simple things that are difficult.

War is the province of danger.

Strength of character does not consist solely in having powerful feelings, but in maintaining one's balance in spite of them.

Savage peoples are ruled by passion, civilized peoples by the mind.

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.