There is no mistake; there has been no mistake; and there shall be no mistake.
As a member of the Protestant British squirearchy ruling Ireland, he was touchy about his Irish origins. When in later life an enthusiastic Gael commended him as a famous Irishman, he replied "A man can be born in a stable, and yet not be an animal.
The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.
When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.
Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.
The French system of conscription brings together a fair sample of all classes; ours is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth. It is only wonderful that we should be able to make so much out of them afterwards.