In war it does not matter who is right, but who is left.

Those who plan do better than those who do not plan, even should they rarely stick to their plan.

More than 80 per cent of the British casualties of the Great War were English. More than 80 per cent of the taxation is paid by the English taxpayers. We are entitled to mention these facts, and to draw authority and courage from them.

When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.

An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later.

The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.

I am a man of simple tastes-I am quite easily satisfied with the best of everything.