The art of war consists in being always able, even with an inferior army, to have stronger forces than the enemy at the point of attack or the point which is attacked.

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!

War is composed of nothing but accidents...there is but one favorable moment, the great art is to seize it.

The art of war consists in bringing to bear with an inferior army a superiority of force at the point at which one attacks or is attacked.

War is ninety percent information.