I was so keen to get back to sea. I was rattled.

I liked Truman very much. He was precise and businesslike. After a while, it was his turn.

Even that crazy lunatic, my aunt the Empress, wa absolutely sweet and charming.

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?

My mother said, Don't worry abot what people think now. Think about whether your children and grandchildren will think you've done well.

It is a curious thing, but I have been right in everything I have done and said in my life.

It never entered my father's mind nor my mind ever to do a job other than at one's best ability.