I read a great number of press reports and find comfort in the fact that they are nearly always conflicting.

There are three bodies no sensible man directly challenges: the Roman Catholic Church, the Brigade of Guards and the National Union of Mineworkers

It has been said that there is no fool like an old fool, except a young fool. But the young fool has first to grow up to be an old fool to realize what a damn fool he was when he was a young fool.

It's no use crying over spilt summits.

A man who trusts nobody is apt to be the kind of man nobody trusts.

90% of what we did the Press didn't know about, and 90% of what they did know about they got wrong.

Jaw-jaw is better than war-war.