If all the Churches of Europe closed their doors until the drums ceased rolling they would act as a most powerful reminder that though the glory of war is a famous and ancient glory, it is not the final glory of God.

Put an Irishman on the spit and you can always get another Irishman to turn him.

Make it compulsory for a doctor using a brass plate to have inscribed on it, in addition to the letters indicating his qualifications, the words 'Remember that I too am mortal'.

No severity of punishment deters when detection is uncertain, as it always must be.

Englishmen never will be slaves; they are free to do whatever the government and public opinion allow them.

Even the youngest of us may be wrong sometimes.

The joy in life is to be used for a purpose. I want to be used up when I die.