There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people can face peril or misfortune with fortitude and buoyancy, but they bitterly resent being deceived or finding that those responsible for their affairs are themselves dwelling in a fool's paradise.

Say what you have to say and the first time you come to a sentence with a grammatical ending - sit down.

Success comes from continuing to strive, fail and learn without losing enthusiasm.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

The cost of solving the Comet mystery must be reckoned neither in money nor in manpower.

Fancy cutting down all those beautiful trees...to make pulp for those bloody newspapers, and calling it civilisation.

There is no doubt the charge was an awful gamble and that no normal precautions were possible. The issue as far as I was concerned had to be left to Fortune or to God - or to whatever may decide these things. I am content and shall not complain.