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

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.

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.

Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.

Conversationally, we were Fred and Ginger -- spin, slide, shuffle, bend.

Liking money like I like it, is nothing less than mysticism. Money is a glory.

I travel around the world, experiencing every language, every religion... some places where there's just no reason to smile, because their lives are so difficult.

Prejudice is a chain, it can hold you. If you prejudice, you can't move, you keep prejudice for years. Never get nowhere with that.

Nothing good happens when you jump in the air.

The problem with emotion was that it was clearly something important, but-at least according to the old philosophy-it was something to overcome.

Son of Heav'n and Earth, Attend: that thou art happy, owe to God; That thou continuest such, owe to thyself, That is, to thy obedience; therein stand.

It is not for human judgment to dive into the heart of man, to know whether his intentions are good or evil.

No Discourse whatsoever, can End in absolute Knowledge of Fact.

Accept change as a friend. And don't take yourself too seriously.