A great country ought not to make little wars.

If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.

What masks are these uniforms to hide cowards!

During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, "Remember men, you are Portuguese!"

An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.

Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.

As Lord Chesterfield said of the generals of his day, 'I only hope that when the enemy reads the list of their names, he trembles as I do.