What masks are these uniforms to hide cowards!

During the Peninsula War, I heard a Portuguese general address his troops before a battle with the words, "Remember men, you are Portuguese!"

There is nothing so dreadful as a great victory--except a great defeat.

If you believe that you will believe anything.

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

You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.

Extra interest signifies extra risk.