Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
The Lord's prayer contains the sum total of religion and morals.
Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.
If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.
As a member of the Protestant British squirearchy ruling Ireland, he was touchy about his Irish origins. When in later life an enthusiastic Gael commended him as a famous Irishman, he replied "A man can be born in a stable, and yet not be an animal.
My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.