Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.

When one begins to turn in bed, it is time to get up.

The history of a battle, is not unlike the history of a ball. Some individuals may recollect all the little events of which the great result is the battle won or lost, but no individual can recollect the order in which, or the exact moment at which, they occurred, which makes all the difference as to their value or importance.

The British soldiers are fellows who have all enlisted for drink. That is the plain fact - they have all enlisted for drink.

Victory is the ability to fight five minutes longer than any other army in the world.

I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.

Rashness is oftener the resort of cowardice than of courage.