Soldiers! Forty Centuries Behold You!

Revolutions Are Like The Most Noxious Dungheaps, Which Bring Into Life The Noblest Vegetables.

Passionate People Invariably Deny Their Anger, And Cowards Often Boast Their Ignorance Of Fear.

Among Those Who Dislike Oppression Are Many Who Like To Oppress.

He That Makes War Without Many Mistakes Has Not Made War Very Long.

Mankind Are In The End Always Governed By Superiority Of Intellectual Faculties, And None Are More Sensible Of This Than The Military Profession. When, On My Return From Italy, I Assumed The Dress Of The Institute, And Associated With Men Of Science, I Knew What I Was Doing: I Was Sure Of Not Being Misunderstood By The Lowest Drummer Boy In The Army.