I am not only not prepared to bring forward any measure of this nature, but I will at once declare that, as far as I am concerned, as long as I hold any station in the Government of the country, I shall always feel it my duty to resist such measures when proposed by others.

Publish and be damned.

The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.

Yes, about ten minutes.

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

When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.

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