Beauty cannot be defined by abscissas and ordinates; neither are circles and ellipses created by their geometrical formulas.

The enemy of a good plan is the dream of a perfect plan.

War is not an independent phenomenon, but the continuation of politics by different means.

No one starts a war--or rather, no one in his sense ought to do so--without first being clear in his mind what he intends to achieve by the war and how he intends to conduct it.

To secure peace is to prepare for war.

Tactics is the art of using troops in battle; strategy is the art of using battles to win the war

Pursue one great decisive aim with force and determination.

To achieve victory we must mass our forces at the hub of all power & movement. The enemy's 'Center of Gravity'

It is even better to act quickly and err than to hesitate until the time of action is past.

Be audacious and cunning in your plans, firm and persevering in their execution, determined to find a glorious end.

Criticism exists only to recognize the truth, not to act as judge.

Learning how to cut trees down is intelligence

Humanity? Don't be silly. I know. It is knocking down your fellow-men for the sake of your own happiness.

Let us celebrate the soil. Most men toil that they may own a piece of it; they measure their success in life by their ability to buy it.

To me, there's no greater reward than being around people you care about and can be present with.

Drinking can bring out a dude that has some issues.

There are few instincts more natural than the body in full motion as it races across a field or through the trees.

Rigor is always appropriate when investing in markets, whatever the ultimate conclusions may be.

To do anything of magnitude takes at least five years, more likely seven or eight. Rightfully or wrongfully, that's how I think.

few things are more rewarding than a child's open uncalculating devotion.

Rules of property ought to be generally known, and not to be left upon loose notes, which rather serve to confound principles, than to confirm them.