The great defence against aerial menace is to attack the enemy's aircraft as near as possible to their point of departure.

A plan of campaign should anticipate everything which the enemy can do, and contain within itself the means of thwarting him.

An army should have but a single line of operations which it should carefully preserve, and should abandon only when compelled by imperious circumstances.

I have fought sixty battles and I have learned nothing which I did not know at the beginning.

The fate of a Nation may sometimes depend upon the position of a fortress.

When you determine to risk a battle, reserve to yourself every possible chance of success, more particularly if you have to deal with an adversary of superior talent, for if you are beaten, even in the midst of your magazines and your communications, woe to the vanquished!