And do not suppose that this is the end. This is only the beginning of the reckoning. This is only the first sip, the first foretaste of a bitter cup which will be proffered to us year by year unless by a supreme recovery of moral health and martial vigour, we arise again and take our stand for freedom as in the olden time.

I always avoid prophesying beforehand, because it is a much better policy to prophesy after the event has already taken place.

With the end of the Victorian era, we passed into what I feel I must call the terrible 20th century

Most of the world's work is done by people who don't feel very well.

We are plunged in a long and grievous struggle. But all will come right if we all work together to the end.

There comes into the life of every man a task for which he and he alone is uniquely suited. What a shame if that moment finds him either unwilling or unprepared for that which would become his finest hour.

I should have liked to be asked to say what I knew. They always tried to ask what I did not know. When I would have willingly displayed my knowledge, they sought to expose my ignorance. This sort of treatment had only one result: I did not do well in examinations