“Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.”

“Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.”

“Napoleon built his campaigns of iron and when one piece broke the whole structure collapsed. I made my campaigns using rope, and if a piece broke I tied a knot”

“Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.”

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

“Love is indescribable and unconditional. I could tell you a thousand things that it is not, but not one that it is.”

“As a member of the Protestant British squirearchy ruling Ireland, he was touchy about his Irish origins. When in later life an enthusiastic Gael commended him as a famous Irishman, he replied "A man can be born in a stable, and yet not be an animal.”