I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.

My rule always was to do the business of the day in the day.

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

If you had seen one day of war, you would pray to God that you would never see another.

Yes, about ten minutes.

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.

Extra interest signifies extra risk.