There are few virtues that the Poles do not possess and there are few errors they have ever avoided.

Let the children have their night of fun and laughter, let the gifts of Father Christmas delight their play. Let us grown-ups share to the full in their unstinted pleasures.

A nation that forgets its past has no future.

Never, never, never believe any war will be smooth and easy, or that anyone who embarks on the strange voyage can measure the tides and hurricanes he will encounter. The statesman who yields to war fever must realize that once the signal is given, he is no longer the master of policy but the slave of unforeseeable and uncontrollable events.

It is a good thing to stand away from the canvas from time to time and take a full view of the picture.

If you are going to go through hell, keep going

We shall show mercy, but we shall not ask for it.