The first quality of the commander-in-chief is a cool head to receive a correct impression of things. He should not allow himself to be confused by either good or bad news.

In war it is not men, but the man who counts.

He who cannot look over a battlefield with a dry eye, causes the death of many men uselessly.

Die young, and I shall accept your death-but not if you have lived without glory, without being useful to your country, without leaving a trace of your existence: for that is not to have lived at all.

Oh well, no matter what happens, there's always death.

Surely in a matter of this kind we should endeavor to do something, that we may say that we have not lived in vain, that we may leave some impress of ourselves on the sands of time.

England is a nation of shopkeepers.