Those who are free from common prejudices acquire others.

The people to fear are not those who disagree with you, but those who disagree with you and are too cowardly to let you know.

If the art of war were nothing but the art of avoiding risks, glory would become the prey of mediocre minds.... I have made all the calculations; fate will do the rest.

Prussia was hatched from a cannon-ball.

The secret of great battles consists in knowing how to deploy and concentrate at the right time.

Policemen and prisons ought never to be the means used to bring men back to the practice of religion.

Nothing is so contrary to military rules as to make the strength of your army known, either in the orders of the day, in proclamations, or in the newspapers.