My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.
The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.
A great country can have no such thing as a little war.
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
The only thing I am afraid of is fear.
The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterwards.