He [A. J. Balfour] was eminently one of the Cole Porter school of famous men, who only fell to rise again. Picking himself up and brushing himself down became a minor art form, ruefully admired by his contemporaries.

I never forgive, but I always forget.

I am more or less happy when being praised, not very comfortable when being abused, but I have moments of uneasiness when being explained.

Ask with urgency and passion.

No country can allow its safety to be wholly dependent on faithful observance by other states of rules to which they are obliged.

In effort Happiness idleness life pleasure superstition support trouble work The superstition that all our hours of work are a minus quantity in the happiness of life, and all the hours of idleness are plus ones, is a most ludicrous and pernicious doctrine, and its greatest support comes from our not taking sufficient trouble, not making a real effort, to make work as near pleasure as it can be.

Winston has written four volumes about himself and called it 'World Crisis'.