Nature has not intended mankind to work from eight in the morning until midnight without that refreshment of blessed oblivion which, even if it only lasts twenty minutes, is sufficient to renew all the vital forces.

It is sheer laziness not compressing thought into a reasonable space.

Who is not liberal when young, does not have a heart. Who is not conservative when old, does not have a brain.

A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow.

Have no fear of the future. Let us go forward into its mysteries, tear away the veils which hide it from our eyes, and move onwards with confidence and courage.

I am too busy. I have not time for worry.

They had bombed London, whether on purpose or not, and the British people and London especially should know that we could hit back. It would be good for the morale of us all.