I Engage And After That I See

Men Have Their Virtues And Their Vices, Their Heroisms And Their Perversities; Men Are Neither Wholly Good Nor Wholly Bad, But Possess And Practice All That There Is Of Good And Bad Here Below. Such Is The General Rule. Temperament, Education, The Accidents Of Life, Are Modifying Factors. Outside Of This, Everything Is Ordered Arrangement, Everything Is Chance. Such Has Been My Rule Of Expectation And It Has Usually Brought Me Success.

Men Are Moved By Two Levers Only: Fear And Self Interest.

People Take England On Trust, And Repeat That Shakespeare Is The Greatest Of All Authors. I Have Read Him: There Is Nothing That Compares Racine Or Corneille: His Plays Are Unreadable, Pitiful.

I Have Noticed In Every Campaign That I Have Fought-that There Is A Key Segment Of Time, Somewhere Between 13 And 15 Minutes In Which The Battle Is Won Or Lost. I Focus On That Segment Of Time, And I Win.

The Advance And Perfecting Of Mathematics Are Closely Joined To The Prosperity Of The Nation.