Nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.

Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.

A great country can have no such thing as a little war.

Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.

I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.

I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.

A great country cannot wage a little war.