If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone, and so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them: 'Hold on!'

We have forty million reasons for failure, but not a single excuse.

Bite on the bullet, old man, and don't let them think you're afraid.

The American does not drink at meals as a sensible man should. Indeed, he has no meals. He stuffs for ten minutes thrice a day.

Let it be clearly understood that the Russian is a delightful person till he tucks in his shirt. As an Oriental he is charming. It is only when he insists on being treated as the most easterly of western peoples instead of the most westerly of easterns that he becomes a racial anomaly extremely difficult to handle.

I keep six honest serving men (they taught me all i knew); Theirs names are What and Why and When And How And Where and Who.

The toad beneath the harrow knows Exactly where each tooth point goes.