Soldiers! Forty Centuries Behold You!

A Battle Sometimes Decides Everything; And Sometimes The Most Trifling Thing Decides The Fate Of A Battle.

All Becomes Easy When We Follow The Current Of Opinion; It Is The Ruler Of The World.

All Great Events Hang By A Single Thread. The Clever Man Takes Advantage Of Everything, Neglects Nothing That May Give Him Some Added Opportunity; The Less Clever Man, By Neglecting One Thing, Sometimes Misses Everything.

Incidents Should Not Govern Policy; But, Policy Incidents.

If I Always Appear Prepared, It Is Because Before Entering An Undertaking, I Have Meditated Long And Have Foreseen What Might Occur. It Is Not Genius Which Reveals To Me Suddenly And Secretly What I Should Do In Circumstances Unexpected By Others; It Is Thought And Preparation