I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.

A great country ought not to make little wars.

You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.

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.

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

When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.

Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.