Don't talk to me about naval tradition. It's nothing but rum, sodomy, and the lash.

Life is fraught with opportunities to keep your mouth shut.

We shall defend every village, every town and every city. The vast mass of London itself, fought street by street, could easily devour an entire hostile army; and we would rather see London laid in ruins and ashes than that it should be tamely and abjectly enslaved.

That long (Canadian) frontier from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, guarded only by neighbourly respect and honourable obligations, as an example to every country and a pattern for the future of the world.

I am a sporting man. I always like to give trains and aeroplanes a fair chance of getting away.

Never run away from anything. Never!

Unpunctuality is a vile habit.