Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.

I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.

The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance.

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

I see no reason to suppose these machines will ever force themselves into general use.

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

I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned