The battle of Waterloo was won on the playing fields of Eton

When my journal appears, many statues must come down.

The only thing I am afraid of is fear.

Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.

To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing that well with one dollar, which any bungler can do with two after a fashion.

Publish and be damned