One is quite astonished to find how many things there are in the landscape, and in every object in it, one never noticed before. And this is a tremendous new pleasure and interest which invests every walk or drive with an added object. So many colours on the hillside, each different in shadow and in sunlight; such brilliant reflections in the pool, each a key lower than what they repeat; such lovely lights gilding or silvering surface or outline, all tinted exquisitely with pale colour, rose, orange, green or violet.

[The politician] is asked to stand, he wants to sit, and he is expected to lie.

I have never promised anything but blood, tears, toil and sweat. Now, however we have a new experience. We have a victory - a remarkable and definite victory. The bright gleam has caught the helmets of our soldiers and warmed and cheered all our hearts.

We are masters of the unsaid words, but slaves of those we let slip out.

Eating words has never given me indigestion.

When I find a ladybug I ask the butler to take it outside instead of killing it.

It is hard, if not impossible, to snub a beautiful woman - they remain beautiful and the snub recoils.