The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidity of the ignorant.
The power of an air force is terrific when there is nothing to oppose it.
How often in life must one be content with what one can get!
The vistas of possibility are only limited by the shortness of life.
I look like a down-and-out drunk who has been picked out of the gutter in the Strand.
It is a fine thing to be honest, but it is also very important to be right.