"What's the butcher's bill?"

"Do you not know that in the service … one must always choose the lesser of two weevils?"

"Men must be governed. Often not wisely, I will grant you, but they must be governed nonetheless."

"This is the second time he's done this to me. There will not be a third."

"What is it with this man, did I kill a relative of his in battle perhaps? His boy, God forbid?"

"For England, for home, and for the prize!"

"Right lads, now, I know there's not a faint heart among you, and I know you're as anxious as I am to get into close a…"

"Down! All hands down!"

"We do not have time for your damned hobbies, sir!"

"[Quoting Alexander Pope] He who would pun would pick a pocket, sir."