Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.

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.

Apt analogies are among the most formidable weapons of the rhetorician.

Singapore could only be taken after a siege by an army of at least 50,000 men. It is not considered possible that the Japanese would embark on such a mad enterprise.

I am always ready to learn although I do not always like being taught.

A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits become more nimble.

Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but heroes fight like Greeks.