Be discreet in all things, and so render it unnecessary to be mysterious about any.
Next to a lost battle, nothing is so sad as a battle that has been won.
Hard pounding, gentlemen. Let's see who pounds the longest.
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.
Extra interest signifies extra risk.
I used to say of him that his presence on the field made the difference of forty thousand men.