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

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

Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.

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.

My heart is broken by the terrible loss I have sustained in my old friends and companions and my poor soldiers. Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.

There are no manifestos like cannon and musketry.