Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.
I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.
Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
It is not the business of generals to shoot one another.
There is nothing on earth so stupid as a gallant officer.