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

It is a great mistake to suppose that thrift is caused only by fear; it springs from hope as well as from fear; where there is no hope, be sure there will be no thrift.

The Turkish Government began and ruthlessly carried out the infamous massacre and deportation of Armenians in Asia Minor. The clearance of the race from Asia Minor was about as complete as such an act, on a scale so great, could well be.

Have no fear of the future. Let us go forward into its mysteries, tear away the veils which hide it from our eyes, and move onwards with confidence and courage.

A medal glitters, but it also casts a shadow.

We shall not flag nor fail. We shall go on to the end.

It is hard, if not impossible, to snub a beautiful woman - they remain beautiful and the snub recoils.