We would rather see London laid in ruins and ashes than that it should be tamely and abjectly enslaved.

A lady came up to me one day and said 'Sir! You are drunk', to which I replied 'I am drunk today madam, and tomorrow I shall be sober but you will still be ugly.

Your greatest fears are created by your imagination. Don't give in to them.

One ought to be just before one is generous

There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to win.

In War: Resolution; In Defeat: Defiance; In Victory: Magnanimity; In Peace: Good Will.

As long as we have faith in our own cause and an unconquerable will to win, victory will not be denied us.