The monarchy is so extraordinarily useful. When Britain wins a battle she shouts, God save the Queen; when she loses, she votes down the prime minister.

Writing ... it begins as an amusement, then it becomes a mistress, then a master, and finally a tyrant.

It is better to be frightened now than killed hereafter

The British people are good all through. You can test them as you would put a bucket into the sea and always find it salt.

When you have to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.

Achievement is not last, disappointment is not deadly: It is the mettle to proceed with that matters.

No compromise with the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong.