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

The test of real character is what a man does when he is tired.

I began my education at a very early age; in fact, right after I left college.

Never give in except to convictions of honour and good sense. Never yield to force; never yield to the apparently overwhelming might of the enemy.

No matter. The dead bird does not leave the nest.

It may well be that we shall by a process of sublime irony have reached a state in this story where safety will be the sturdy child of terror, and survival the twin brother of annihilation.

Indeed I do not think we should be justified in using any but the more sombre tones and colours while our people, our Empire, and indeed the whole English-speaking world are passing through a dark and deadly valley.