There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat.

There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.

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

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.

When other Generals make mistakes their armies are beaten; when I get into a hole, my men pull me out of it.

Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.

Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.