When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.
Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.
Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.
Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.
There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.
My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.