A baboon in a forest is a matter of legitimate speculation; a baboon in a zoo is an object of public curiosity; but a baboon in your wife’s bed is a cause of the gravest concern.

It is all true, or it ought to be; and more and better besides.

At one side of the palette there is white, at the other black; and neither is ever used neat.

The Navy can lose us the war, but only the Air Force can win it. The fighters are our salvation, but the bombers alone provide the means of victory.

Men and kings must be judged in the testing moments of their lives. Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities, because, as has been said, it is the quality which guarantees all others.

Mr. Attlee is a very modest man. Indeed he has a lot to be modest about.

I am easily satisfied with the very best.