1:2 Flashman's qualifications for being a politician: I could lie and dissemble with the best, give short change with a hearty clap on the shoulder, slip out from under long before the blow fell, talk, toady, and turn tail as fast as a Yankee fakir selling patent pills. Mark you, I've never been given to interfering in other folks' affairs if I could help it, so I suppose that would have disqualified me. (Submitted by Rick Mac)

1:26 How Flashman refers to his mother-in-law: Mrs. Morrison, my Medusa-in-law ...

1:47 Flashman and his father-in-law, Morrison, discussing running for public office:

Flashman: "Who would elect me?"
Morrison: "Anybody", snaps he. "A pug ape frae the zoological gardens could win a seat in this country, if it was managed right." Buttering me up, I could see.

1:52 Gentleness, Flashman style: I'm a gentle fellow - which means I'll never do harm to anyone if there's a chance he may harm me in return.

1:127 Flashman on how to make women vunerable: Get'em excited - a fight is best, with the claret flowing, but any kind of sport will do, if there's a hint of savagery in it - and they'll couple like monkeys.

2:46 Flashman sums up his sailing experience: I'm an experienced sailor, which is to say I've heaved my guts over the rail into all the Seven Seas ...

2:116 Flashman describes some strong liquor: And there was case after case of liquor, in brown glass bottles; gin, I suppose you'ld call it, but even to sniff the stuff shrivelled the hairs off your arse.

6:101 Flashman on the secret of survival: I cannot impress too strongly on young fellows that the whole secret of the noble art of survival, for a single man, lies in knowing exactly when to make your break for safety.

7:17 Flashman commenting on sex in New Orleans: It was plain to see that outside New Orleans, fornication was still in its infancy.

8:35 Devotion, Flashman style: ... Here I was again being congratulated on my dauntless devotion, when all the time it had been frantic poltroonery.

8:35 Service, Flashman style: We also serve who only turn and run. (Submitted by David Tibbetts)