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

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

The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance.

I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.

It is very true that I have said that I considered Napoleon's presence in the field equal to forty thousand men in the balance. This is a very loose way of talking; but the idea is a very different one from that of his presence at a battle being equal to a reinforcement of forty thousand men.

Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.

I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.