My father was afraid of his father, I was afraid of my father, and I don't see why my children shouldn't be afraid of me.

What do you do if you are asked to do a job, first by the Prime Minister, and then by the King? How can you refuse?

The primary factor in a successful attack is speed.

Men o' war were to be a part of the fabric of my life for the next half-century.

I suppose you can say I became an odd-job man.

I can't think of a more wonderful thanksgiving for the life I've had than that everyone should be jolly at my funeral.

I am much more intelligent than you think.