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.

It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time.

With opportunity comes responsibility.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

Just to paint is great fun ... Try it if you have not done so - before you die.

It is not always possible to have everything go as one likes. In working with allies, it sometimes happens that they develop opinions of their own

Dead birds don't fall out of their nests.