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.

There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to win.

Battles are won by slaughter and maneuver. The greater the general, the more he contributes in maneuver, the less he demands in slaughter.

A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.

When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

No one can guarantee success in war, but only deserve it.