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

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.

Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.

The shortest road to ruin is to emulate the methods of your adversary.

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

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.