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

Extra interest signifies extra risk.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.

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

All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.

There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.