The First, The Supreme, The Most Far-reaching

Our Knowledge Of Circumstances Has Increased, But Our Uncertainty, Instead Of Having Diminished, Has Only Increased. The Reason Of This Is, That We Do Not Gain All Our Experience At Once, But By Degrees; So Our Determinations Continue To Be Assailed Incessantly By Fresh Experience; And The Mind, If We May Use The Expression, Must Always Be Under Arms.

Just As Some Plants Bear Fruit Only If They Don't Shoot Up Too High, So In Practical Arts The Leaves And Flowers Of Theory Must Be Pruned And The Plant Kept Close To Its Proper Soil- Experience.

Politics Is The Womb In Which War Develops.

Everything In Strategy Is Very Simple, But That Does Not Mean Everything Is Very Easy.

Men Are Always More Inclined To Pitch Their Estimate Of The Enemy's Strength Too High Than Too Low, Such Is Human Nature.