If you hit a pony over the nose at the outset of your acquaintance, he may not love you but he will take a deep interest in your movements ever afterwards

He who faces no calamity gains no courage.

I never made a mistake in my life; at least, never one that I couldn't explain away afterwards.

Not getting what you want either means you don't want it enough, or you have been dealing too long with the price you have to pay.

There rise her timeless capitals of empires daily born, whose plinths are laid at midnight and whose streets are packed at morn; and here come tired youths and maids that feign to love or sin in tones like rusty razor blades to tunes like smitten tin.

Yes, making mock o' uniforms that guard you while you sleep

I have stated it plain, an' my argument's thus ( It's all one, says the Sapper) There's only one Corps which is perfect - that's us; An' they call us Her Majesty's Engineers, With the rank and pay of a Sapper!