Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.
Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.
A great country ought not to make little wars.
The only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast.
Publish and be damned.
Call on a business man only at business times, and on business; transact your business, and go about your business, in order to give him time to finish his business.