Men often stumble onto the truth but then quickly dust themselves off and hurry away.

A good speech should be like a woman's skirt: long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest

We sit in calm, airy, silent rooms opening upon sunlit and embowered lawns, not a sound except of summer and of husbandry disturbs the peace; but seven million men, any ten thousand of whom could have annihilated the ancient armies, are in ceaseless battle from the Alps to the Ocean.

I trust and believe that this College, this seed that we have sown, will grow to shelter and nurture generations who may add most notably to the strength and happiness of our people, and to the knowledge and peaceful progress of the world. 'The mighty oak from an acorn towers; A tiny seed can fill a field with flowers.'

Personally I think that private property has a right to be defended. Our civilisation is built up on property, and can only be defended by private property.

Advertising nourishes the consuming power of men.

My mother always seemed to me like a fairy princess: a radiant being possessed of limitless riches and power. She shone for me like the evening star. I loved her dearly.