The first quality that is needed is audacity.

The pictorial battlefield becomes a sea of mud mercifully veiled by the fog of war.

How fortunate it was for the world that when these great trials came upon it there was a generation that terror could not conquer and brutal violence could not enslave.

Most of the significant contributions that have been made to society have been made by people who were tired.

No part of the education of a politician is more indispensable than the fighting of elections.

When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.

The arts are essen­tial to any com­plete national life. The State owes it to itself to sus­tain and encour­age them. [...] Ill fares the race which fails to salute the arts with the rev­er­ence and delight which are their due.