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.

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

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

When the war of the giants is over the wars of the pygmies will begin.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.