One evening at Chequers the film was Oliver Twist. Rufus, as usual, had the best seat in the house, on his master's lap. At the point when Bill Sikes was about to drown his dog to put the police off his track, Churchill covered Rufus's eyes with his hand. He said, "Don't look now, dear. I'll tell you about it afterwards."

A polo handicap is a persons ticket to the world.

We have a very daring and skillful opponent against us, and, may I say across the havoc of war, a great general.

I'm so bored with it all.

The short words are best, and the old words, when short, are the best of all.

We are weakened and we are tired, but we are not done yet.

There is no surer method of economizing and saving money than in the reduction of the number of officials.