“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.”

“Being born in a stable does not make one a horse.”

“The only thing I am afraid of is fear.”

“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 tied a knot”

“Believe me, nothing except a battle lost can be half so melancholy as a battle won.”

“How much of life could he spend aching? Aching is not a stable condition; it must resolve into something”

“Compassion for animals is intimately associated with goodness of character, and it may be confidently asserted that he who is cruel to animals cannot be a good man.”