There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat.
Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.
Error is ever the sequence of haste.
Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.
We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.
Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils.