Time is everything; five minutes make the difference between victory and defeat.
The bravest man feels an anxiety 'circa praecordia' as he enters the battle; but he dreads disgrace yet more.
Gentlemen, when the enemy is committed to a mistake we must not interrupt him too soon.
A ship's a fool to fight a fort.
Thank God I have done my duty.
The politics of courts are so mean that private people would be ashamed to act in the same way; all is trick and finesse, to which the common cause is sacrificed.