Expressive glances Shall be our lances And pops of Sillery Our light artillery.

The House of Peers, throughout the war, Did nothing in particular, And did it very well: Yet Britain set the world ablaze In good King George's glorious days!

There is nothing more becoming any wise man, than to make choice of friends, for by them thou shalt be judged what thou art: let them therefore be wise and virtuous, and none of those that follow thee for gain; but make election rather of thy betters, than thy inferiors.

Our shipping and sea service is our best and safest defence as being the only fortification and rampart of England.

In a letter to a friend the thought is often unimportant, and the feeling, if it be only a desire to entertain him, every thing.

If any friend desire thee to be his surety, give him a part of what thou hast to spare; if he press thee further, he is not thy friend at all, for friendship rather chooseth harm to itself than offereth it. If thou be bound for a stranger, thou art a fool; if for a merchant, thou puttest thy estate to learn to swim.

The bodies of men, munition, and money may justly be called the sinews of war.