He seems determined to make a trumpet sound like a tin whistle.

[Winston Churchill] never spares himself in conversation. He gives himself so generously that hardly anyone else is permitted to give anything in his presence.

Listening to a speech by [Neville] Chamberlain is like paying a visit to Woolworth's, everything in its place and nothing above sixpence.

We could manage to survive without money changers and stockbrokers. We should find it harder to do without miners, steel workers and those who cultivate the land.

You don't have to gaze into a crystal ball when you can read an open book.

Stand not too near the rich man lest he destroy thee - and not too far away lest he forget thee.

Reactionary: a man walking backwards with his face to the future.