The only thing that they can be relied on to do is to gallop too far and too fast.
What masks are these uniforms to hide cowards!
Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.
Napoleon has humbugged me, by God; he has gained twenty-four hours' march on me.
Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.