Put together a seaman, soldier and airman and what do you get? The sum of all fears.

If I had not been defeated in Acre against Jezzar Pasha of Turk. I would conquer all of the East.

That man [Sir Sydney Smith] made me miss my destiny.

My star was fading, I felt the reins slipping out of my grasp, and could do nothing to stop it.

In war, groping tactics, half-way measures, lose everything.

On victory, you deserve beer. On defeat, you need it.