Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.
Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.
Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.
To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound
There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer.
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.