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

It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in the balance. This is a very loose way of talking; but the idea is a very different one from that of his presence at a battle being equal to a reinforcement of forty thousand men.

There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer.

Victory is the ability to fight five minutes longer than any other army in the world.

I see no reason to suppose these machines will ever force themselves into general use.

It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.

I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.