Fear is a reaction. Courage is a decision.

Before Alamein we never had a victory. After Alamein we never had a defeat.

Ethics evolve naturally, and we trample upon them with laws created by reason and experience.

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.

Mr. Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right.

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

A gentleman is a man who is only rude when he intends to be.