Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.
The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterwards.
Believe me that every man you see in a military uniform is not a hero.
Publish and be damned.
There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.
To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound