The truth is incontrovertible. Malice may attack it, ignorance may deride it, but in the end, there it is.

Each one hopes that if he feeds the crocodile enough, the crocodile will eat him last. All of them hope that the storm will pass before their turn comes to be devoured. But I fear - I fear greatly - the storm will not pass. It will rage and it will roar, even more loudly, even more widely.

No one can understand history without continually relating the long periods which are constantly mentioned to the experiences of our own short lives.

The world, nature, human beings, do not move like machines. The edges are never clear-cut, but always frayed. Nature never draws a line without smudging it.

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

To be really happy and really safe, one ought to have at least two or three hobbies, and they must all be real.

Next time I go into the action - I shall command a hundred men - & possibly I may bring off some coup. Besides I shall have some other motive for taking chances than merely "love of adventure".