Everybody has always underrated the Russians. They keep their own secrets alike from foe and friends.

Nothing should be done for spite's sake.

Without execution, thinking is mere idleness.

We would rather see London laid in ruins and ashes than that it should be tamely and abjectly enslaved.

Headmasters have powers at their disposal with which Prime ministers have never yet been invested.

Money is like manure, its only good if you spread it around.

There comes into the life of every man a task for which he and he alone is uniquely suited. What a shame if that moment finds him either unwilling or unprepared for that which would become his finest hour.