For love and beauty and delight, there is no death nor change.
It is only to clear from history that states rarely keep faith with each other, save in so far (and so long) as their promises seem to them to combine with their interests.
The only thing harder than getting a new idea into the military mind is to get an old one out.
In war, the chief incalculable is the human will.
The theory of the indirect approach operates on the line of least expectation.
If you want peace, understand war.
In the case of a state that is seeking not conquest but the maintenance of its security, the aim is fulfilled if the threat is removed - if the enemy is led to abandon his purpose.
Remember, I'm the kind of kid who used to get stuffed into a locker by school bullies. I've never felt like I'm a big star at any level of my life.
The builders of the British Indian Empire have patiently built its four pillars-the European interests, the army, the Indian princes and the communal divisions.
Mortification is the soul's vigorous opposition to self, wherein sincerity is most evident.
Cavalry is useful before, during, and after the battle.