Victory was to be bought so dear as to be almost indistinguishable from defeat.

It would be an inconvenient rule if nothing could be done until everything can be done.

There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to win.

It is a good thing to stand away from the canvas from time to time and take a full view of the picture.

A day away from Chartwell is a day wasted.

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

We must not lose our faculty to dare, particularly in dark days.