“A general does not use the same troops over and over again.”

“Truth does not surround itself with lies.”

“Even if it is nonsense, it is often useful to know what kind of nonsense men believe.”

“We all have to learn to live with our losses, and to use our regrets to spur us on in the future.”

“The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation of the other side's weaknesses.”

“I think before I act---and then think again. I am not entirely a coward, but I do not lose myself in action as you do.”

“I was remembering the things we had done together, the times we had had. It would have been pleasant to preserve that comradeship in the days that came after. Pleasant, but alas, impossible. That which had brought us together had gone, and now our paths diverged, according to our natures and needs. We would meet again, from time to time, but always a little more as strangers; until perhaps at last, as old men with only memories left, we could sit together and try to share them.”