A great country cannot wage a little war.
There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.
Publish and be damned.
My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.
Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.