Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.

There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.

As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.

Today when a man gets married he gets a home, a housekeeper, a cook, a cheering squad and another paycheck. When a woman marries, she gets a boarder. 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.

The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.

A great country cannot wage a little war.

If you believe that you will believe anything.