Det er endog bedre at handle hurtigt og fejle end at tøve, til tidspunktet for handling er passeret.
Krig er ikke andet end fortsættelse af politik med andre midler.
Mod, fremfor alt andet, er den første kvalitet for en kriger.
All action takes place, so to speak, in a kind of twilight, which like a fog or moonlight, often tends to make things seem grotesque and larger than they really are.
Courage, above all things, is the first quality of a warrior.
It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.
The backbone of surprise is fusing speed with secrecy.
War is nothing more than the continuation of politics by other means.