The power to command has never meant the power to remain mysterious.

The military mind always imagines that the next war will be on the same lines as the last. That has never been the case and never will be. One of the great factors on the next war will be aircraft obviously. The potentialities of aircraft attack on a large scale are almost incalculable.

It take 15,000 casualties to train a major general.

Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.

My center is giving way, my right is in retreat; situation excellent. I shall attack.

Regulations are all very well for drill, but in the hour of danger they are no more use. You have to learn to think.

All the same, the fundamental truths which govern that art are still unchangeable; just as the principles of mechanics must always govern architecture, whether the building be made of wood, stone, iron or concrete; just as the principles of harmony govern music of whatever kind. It is still necessary, then, to establish the principles of war.