Diplomacy is the art of telling people to go to hell in such a way that they ask for directions.

There is no worse mistake in public leadership than to hold out false hopes soon to be swept away. The British people can face peril or misfortune with fortitude and buoyancy, but they bitterly resent being deceived or finding that those responsible for their affairs are themselves dwelling in a fool's paradise.

Wealth, taste and leisure can bring many things but they do not bring happiness.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

What kind of people do they think we are? Is it possible they do not realize that we shall never cease to persevere against them until they have been taught a lesson which they and the world will never forget?

Thus ended the great American Civil War, which must upon the whole be considered the noblest and least avoidable of all the great mass conflicts of which till then there was record.

They have done what they like. Their difficulty is to like what they have done.