A great country ought not to make little wars.

God deliver me from my friends! I'll take care of my enemies myself.

The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.

I have seen their backs before.

We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.

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.

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.