It's better for one to die than for all of us to be killed in a shooting affray. Anyway, we've practically no ammunition.

There is one unalterable difference between a soldier and a civilian: the civilian never does more than he is paid to do.

But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.

The art of concentrating strength at one point, forcing a breakthrough, rolling up and securing the flanks on either side, and then penetrating like lightning deep into his rear, before the enemy has time to react.

War makes extremely heavy demands on the soldier's strength and nerves. For this reason, make heavy demands on your men in peacetime exercises.

Training errors are recorded on paper. Tactical errors are etched in stone.

One must not judge everyone in the world by his qualities as a soldier: otherwise we should have no civilization.