Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.
Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
What masks are these uniforms to hide cowards!
Call on a business man only at business times, and on business; transact your business, and go about your business, in order to give him time to finish his business.
I mistrust the judgment of every man in a case in which his own wished are concerned
You must build your House of Parliament on the river: so... that the populace cannot exact their demands by sitting down round you.