So we have had to dispense with the indispensable.

There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to win.

Strategy is all very well, but it pays to give thought from time to time to the results.

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

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.

The Russians will try all the rooms in a house, enter those that are not locked, and when they come to one that cannot be broken into, they will withdraw and invite you to dine genially that same evening.