Adversity is the midwife of genius

Our credulity is a part of the imperfection of our natures. It is inherent in us to desire to generalize, when we ought, on the contrary, to guard ourselves very carefully from this tendency.

When soldiers have been baptized in the fire of a battle-field, they have all one rank in my eyes.

In war it is not men, but the man who counts.

Put a rogue in the limelight and he will act like an honest man.

The advance and perfecting of mathematics are closely joined to the prosperity of the nation.

The fate of war is to be exalted in the morning, and low enough at night! There is but one step from triumph to ruin.