I remember when I was a child, being taken to the celebrated Barnum's Circus, which contained an exhibition of freaks and monstrosities, but the exhibit on the program which I most desired to see was the one described as ‘The Boneless Wonder’. My parents judged that the spectacle would be too demoralizing and revolting for my youthful eye and I have waited fifty years, to see The Boneless Wonder sitting on the Treasury Bench.

The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.

No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.

Vast and fearsome as the human scene has become, personal contact of the right people, in the right places, at the right time, may yet have a potent and valuable part to play in the cause of peace which is in our hearts.

Christmas is a season not only of rejoicing but of reflection.

Socialism is like a dream. Sooner or later you wake up to reality.

Please put the ladybug outside without harming her. (to his butler)