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

The day may dawn when fair play, love for one's fellow men, respect for justice and freedom, will enable tormented generations to march forth serene and triumphant from the hideous epoch in which we have to dwell. Meanwhile, never flinch, never weary, never despair.

The first duty of a university is to teach wisdom, not trade; character, not technicalities.

Meet success like a gentleman; disaster like a man.

It is not given to us to peer into the mysteries of the future. Still, I avow my hope and faith, sure and inviolate, that in the days to come the British and American peoples will for their own safety and for the good of all walk together side by side in majesty, in justice, and in peace.

If you find something you really love, you will never work again.

I feel like an aeroplane at the end of its flight, in the dusk, with the petrol running out, in search of a safe landing.