War Is A Conflict Of Great Interests

Timidity Is The Root Of Prudence In The Majority Of Men.

It Is Even Better To Act Quickly And Err Than To Hesitate Until The Time Of Action Is Past.

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.

There Are Very Few Men-and They Are The Exceptions-who Are Able To Think And Feel Beyond The Present Moment

Where Execution Is Dominant, As It Is In The Individual Events Of A War Whether Great Or Small, Then Intellectual Factors Are Reduced To A Minimum.