However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

There is no sphere of human thought in which it is easier to show superficial cleverness and the appearance of superior wisdom than in discussing questions of currency and exchange

It is all right to rat, but you can't re-rat.

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.

I have never developed indigestion from eating my words.

Some men change their party for the sake of their principles; others their principles for the sake of their party

Hasty work and premature decisions may lead to penalties out of all proportion to the issues immediately involved.