The heart of France lies between Brussels and Paris.

War is...a trinity of violence, chance, and reason.

The difficulty of accurate recognition constitutes one of the most serious sources of friction in war, by making things appear entirely different from what one had expected.

The side that feels the lesser urge for peace will naturally get the better bargain.

We must evaluate the political sympathies of other states and the effect war may have on them. To assess these things in all their ramifications and diversity is plainly a colossal task. Rapid and correct appraisal of them clearly calls for the intuition of a genius; to master all this complex mass by sheer methodical examination is obviously impossible. Bonaparte was quite right when he said that Newton himself would quail before the algebraic problems it could pose.

Timidity is the root of prudence in the majority of men.

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