Soldiers generally win battles; generals get credit for them.
Soldiers win battles and generals get the medals.
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.
The true wealth of a state consists in the number of its inhabitants, in their toil and industry.
