The only thing worse than a battle lost is a battle won.

Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.

Habit is ten times nature.

The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.

The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill.

To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.

Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils.

The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton.

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.