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

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'.

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.

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

Fair-minded people earn the respect of their colleagues rather than demanding it.

Don't envy my smile because it took me a lot of tears to get it. So when you see the glory, ask for the story.

I will not let the non-knitters of the world decide how normal I am.

If I had to describe my work in one word, that word would be time.

If you have made a mistake cut your losses as quickly as possible.

Fashions smile has given wit to dullness and grace to deformity, and has brought everything into vogue, by turns, but virtue.

I know the mistake I am making. I see the exits in life.

Some things may work, but they definitely won't work every time. Some things may work at various times.

I'm lucky, always hopeful... I love my life.

Space is the basic ingredient of the universe; there is more of it than anything else.