To Secure Peace Is To Prepare For

We Must, Therefore, Be Confident That The General Measures We Have Adopted Will Produce The Results We Expect. Most Important In This Connection Is The Trust Which We Must Have In Our Lieutenants. Consequently, It Is Important To Choose Men On Whom We Can Rely And To Put Aside All Other Considerations. If We Have Made Appropriate Preparations, Taking Into Account All Possible Misfortunes, So That We Shall Not Be Lost Immediately If They Occur, We Must Boldly Advance Into The Shadows Of Uncertainty.

Architects And Painters Know Precisely What They Are About As Long As They Deal With Material Phenomena.... But When They Come To The Aesthetics Of Their Work, When They Aim At A Particular Effect On The Mind Or On The Senses, The Rules Dissolve Into Nothing But Vague Ideas.

Courage, Above All Things, Is The First Quality Of A Warrior.

Der Krieg Ist Nichts Als Eine Fortsetzung Des Politischen Verkehrs Mit Einmischung Anderer Mittel. War Is Merely The Continuation Of Policy With The Admixture Of Other Means.

Boldness Becomes Rarer, The Higher The Rank.