Believe me that every man you see in a military uniform is not a hero.

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

I hate the whole race. There is no believing a word they say, your professional poets, I mean there never existed a more worthless set than Byron and his friends for example.

Yes, about ten minutes.

To define it rudely but not ineptly, engineering is the art of doing for 10 shillings what any fool can do for a pound

We always have been, we are, and I hope that we always shall be detested in France.

I have no small talk and Peel has no manners.