History Is Written By The Winners.

A Mathematician Of The First Rank, Laplace Quickly Revealed Himself As Only A Mediocre Administrator; From His First Work We Saw That We Had Been Deceived. Laplace Saw No Question From Its True Point Of View; He Sought Subtleties Everywhere; Had Only Doubtful Ideas, And Finally Carried The Spirit Of The Infinitely Small Into Administration.

Lack Is More In Means, Than In Principles.

If I Were An Englishman, I Should Esteem The Man Who Advised A War With China To Be The Greatest Living Enemy Of My Country. You Would Be Beaten In The End, And Perhaps A Revolution In India Would Follow.

I Have Fought Sixty Battles, And I Have Learnt Nothing Which I Did Not Know At The Beginning.

When I Was Happy I Thought I Knew Men, But It Was Fated That I Should Know Them In Misfortune Only.