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

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.

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

Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.

I have got an infamous army, very weak and ill-equipped, and a very inexperienced staff.

Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.

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