Do not trust any statistics you did not fake yourself.

I liked wine, both red and white, and especially Champagne; and on very special occasions I could even drink a small glass of brandy.

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

I neither want it [brandy] nor need it, but I should think it pretty hazardous to interfere with the ineradicable habit of a lifetime.

Nothing should be done for spite's sake.

I trust and believe that this College, this seed that we have sown, will grow to shelter and nurture generations who may add most notably to the strength and happiness of our people, and to the knowledge and peaceful progress of the world. 'The mighty oak from an acorn towers; A tiny seed can fill a field with flowers.'

In battles two things are usually required of the Commander-in-Chief: to make a good plan for his army and, secondly, to keep a strong reserve.