The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.

As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.

Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.

There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.

The scum of the earth... but what fine soldiers we have made them.

Habit is ten times nature.