Most people hate the taste of beer - to begin with. It is, however, a prejudice that many people have been able to overcome.

Of all the talents bestowed upon men, none is so precious as the gift of oratory !!

One would have thought that if there was one cause in the world which the Conservative party would have hastened to defend, it would be the cause of the British Empire in India ... Our fight is hard. It will also be long ... But win or lose, we must do our duty. If the British people are to lose their Indian Empire, they shall do so with their eyes open.

Those who serve supreme causes must not consider what they can get but what they can give.

Luckily ... there were Zulus and Afghans, also the Dervishes in the Soudan. Some of these might, if they were well-disposed, 'put up a show' some day.

My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also the drinking of alcohol before, after and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.