Educate men without religion and you make of them but clever devils. |
The whole art of war consists of guessing at what is on the other side of the hill. |
The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton. |
The only thing I am afraid of is fear. |
Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious. |
It is not the business of generals to shoot one another. |
When one turns over in bed, it is time to turn out. |
Habit is ten times nature. |
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won. |
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse. |
I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example. |
The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals. |
When my journal appears, many statues must come down. |
Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won. |
Publish and be damned. |
I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but, by God, they frighten me. |