In war as in love, to bring matters to a close, you must get close together.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

The tools belong to the man who can use them.

Do you wish to find out the really sublime? Repeat the Lord's Prayer.

I would rather have a general who was lucky than one who was good.

It is often in the audacity, in the steadfastness, of the general that the safety and the conservation of his men is found.

In a battle, as in a siege, the art consists in concentrating very heavy fire on a particular point. The line of battle once established, the one who has the ability to concentrate an unlooked for mass of artillery suddenly and unexpectedly on one of these points is sure to carry the day.