A great country ought not to make little wars.

Wise people learn when they can; fools learn when they must.

Our army is composed of the scum of the earth - the mere scum of the earth.

We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.

I don't know what effect these men will have upon the enemy, but by God, they frighten me.

All the business of war, and indeed all the business of life, is to endeavour to find out what you don't know by what you do; that's what I called 'guess what was at the other side of the hill'.

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

Educate men without religion and you make them clever devils.

An extraordinary affair. I gave them their orders and they wanted to stay and discuss them.

I never saw so many shocking bad hats in my life.

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

Don’t think about the possibilities of failing. Never forget to think about the possibilities of flying.

It's all about how you feel, not how you look

Don't wait for a future moment

Everything good in New York used to be something awful, I guess.""And everything awful used to be something good.

I'm sorry, but dragons don't come in pink.

I can take more punishment than anyone in the business.

The greatest achievement of the civil-rights movement is that it has restored the dignity of indignation.

For certainly there cannot be a higher pleasure than to think that we love and are beloved by the most amiable and best Being.

You are an alchemist; make gold of that.

Being patient does not mean being silent.