"Those gobblers [the French]?- I detest them."

"There are three things, young gentlemen, which you are constantly to bear in mind. Firstly, you must always implicitl…"

"Success, I trust — indeed have little doubt — will crown our zealous and well-meant endeavours: if not, our Country w…"

"The lives of all are in the hands of Him who knows best whether to preserve it or no, and to His will do I resign mys…"

"I had rather suffer death than alarm Mrs. Freemantle, by letting her see me in this state, when I can give her no tid…"

"Let me alone, I have yet my legs left, and one arm. Tell the surgeon to make haste and get his instruments. I know I …"

"First gain the victory and then make the best use of it you can."

"Before this time to-morrow I shall have gained a peerage, or Westminster Abbey."

"The Neapolitan officers did not lose much honour, for God knows they had not much to lose - but they lost all they had."

"Fear? I never saw fear. What is it? It never came near me."