Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils.

The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.

Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.

Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils.

Just to show you how little reliance can be placed even on what are supposed the best accounts of a battle, I mention that there are some circumstances mentioned in General -'s account which did not occur as he relates them. It is impossible to say when each important occurrence took place, or in what order.

To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound

Call on a business man only at business times, and on business; transact your business, and go about your business, in order to give him time to finish his business.