I owe all my success in life to having been always a quarter of an hour before my time.

I could not tread these perilous paths in safety, if I did not keep a saving sense of humor.

treat every frenchman as if he was the devil himself

I have always been a quarter of an hour before my time, and it has made a man of me.

England expects that every man will do his duty.

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