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

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.