We make our fortunes and we call them fate.

Next to knowing when to seize an opportunity, the most important thing in life is to know when to forego an advantage.

England is unrivalled for two things - sport and politics.

Through perseverance many people win success out of what seemed destined to be certain failure.

Meditation is culture.

The services in wartime are fit only for desperadoes, but in peace are only fit for fools.

The first favourite was never heard of, the second favourite was never seen after the distance post, all the ten-to-oners were in the rear, and a dark horse which had never been thought of, and which the careless St. James had never even observed in the list, rushed past the grand stand in sweeping triumph.