"I pay my taxes," says somebody, as if that were an act of virtue instead of one of compulsion.

I did but see her passing by and yet I love her till I die.

One thing about bureaucrats is that they never swallow their young. Leave them alone and you'll find them increasing every year.

Modern history is, as you all know, full of examples of great movements that disappeared because they had ceased to have any genuine reason for existence. The important thing is to have a faith to live by, and that goes for us in this party.

Never take any notice of Anonymous letters, unless you get a few thousand on the same subject.

What Great Britain calls the Far East is to us the near north.

More good things in life are lost by indifference than ever were lost by active hostility.