I have got an infamous army, very weak and ill-equipped, and a very inexperienced staff.

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

Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.

You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.

During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, "Remember men, you are Portuguese!"

Yes, about ten minutes.