During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, "Remember men, you are Portuguese!"
I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.
Always get over heavy ground as lightly as you can.
Extra interest signifies extra risk.
To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound
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.