“I wish I could take a raincheck on June 18.1815”

“It's not the size of the army but the power within the army.”

“The heart of a statesman should be in his head.”

“My enemies make appointments at my tomb.”

“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.”

“Cheerily to sea; the signs of war advance: No king of England, if not king of France”

“Did he so often lodge in open field, In winter's cold and summer's parching heat, To conquer France, his true inheritance?”

“To conquer with arms is to make only a temporary conquest; to conquer the world by earning its esteem is to make a permanent conquest.”