The story of the human race is war. Except for brief and precarious interludes there has never been peace in the world; and long before history began murderous strife was universal and unending.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

I built with my own hands ... a large swimming-pool which was filtered to limpidity and could be heated to supplement our fickle sunshine.

It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

I was on the whole considerably discouraged by my school days... It is not pleasant to feel oneself so completely outclassed and left behind at the very beginning of the race.

For with primacy in power is also joined an awe inspiring accountability to the future.

Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.