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

Troops would never be deficient in courage, if they could only know how deficient in it their enemies were.

I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned

Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.

I am not only not prepared to bring forward any measure of this nature, but I will at once declare that, as far as I am concerned, as long as I hold any station in the Government of the country, I shall always feel it my duty to resist such measures when proposed by others.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

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