Cannot possibly attend first night, will attend second... if there is one.

Nourish your hopes, but do not overlook realities.

Can a nation remain healthy, can all nations draw together in a world whose brightest stars are film stars?

I devoured Gibbon. I rode triumphantly through it from end to end and enjoyed it all.

[There are dangers in] the disposition to hunt down rich men as if they were noxious beasts.

The poodle [Rufus] ate in the dining room with the rest of the [Churchill] family. A cloth was laid for him on the Persian carpet beside the head of the household, and no one else ate until the butler had served Rufus's meal.

Today I may way before an awestruck world; I am still master of my fate. I am still captain of my soul.