Nothing is perfect on the human stage.

Most of the significant contributions that have been made to society have been made by people who were tired.

No one can understand history without continually relating the long periods which are constantly mentioned to the experiences of our own short lives.

The tank was originally invented to clear a way for the infantry in the teeth of machine-gun fire. Now it is the infantry who will have to clear a way for the tanks.

In Hitler's launching of the Nazi campaign upon Russia we can already see, after less than six months of fighting, that he made one of the outstanding blunders of history, and the results so far realized constitute an event of cardinal importance in the final decision of the war.

Beware of driving men to desperation. Even a cornered rat is dangerous.

Men will forgive a man anything except bad prose.