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

Actually, I vote Labour, but my butler's a Tory.

I was born with an ability to concentrate very hard on a job for a long time.

I believe firmly that it was the Almighty's goodness, to check my consummate vanity.

I have been driven demented in my career.

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

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.