Napoleon built his campaigns of iron and when one piece broke the whole structure collapsed. I made my campaigns using rope, and if a piece broke I t… - Arthur Wellesley

At Waterloo [Waterloo] sought to break up the rocket unit, commanded by Major E. C. Whinyates R.A.
A staff officer told him 'But that, Your Grace, will break Major Whinyates's heart.'
'Damn his heart, Sir, let my orders be obeyed!

"As a member of the Protestant British squirearchy ruling Ireland, he was touchy about his Irish origins. When in later life an enthusiastic Gael commended him as a famous Irishman, he replied "A man can be born in a stable, and yet not be an animal.

Next to a battle lost, the greatest misery is a battle gained.