To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound

I have got an infamous army, very weak and ill-equipped, and a very inexperienced staff.

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

Publish and be damned.

I attribute my success on the battlefield to always being on the spot to see and do everything for myself

The hardest thing of all for a soldier is to retreat.

Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.