I have a great confidence in the revelations which holidays bring forth.

That doctrine of peace at any price has done more mischief than any I can well recall that have been afloat in this country. It has occasioned more wars than any of the most ruthless conquerors. It has disturbed and nearly destroyed that political equilibrium so necessary to the liberties and the welfare of the world.

In politics, nothing is contemptible.

War is never a solution; it is an aggravation.

London; a nation, not a city.

You will find as you grow older that courage is the rarest of all qualities to be found in public life.

Nothing in life is more remarkable than the unnecessary anxiety which we endure, and generally create ourselves.