If the British Empire is fated to pass from life into history, we must hope it will not be by the slow process of dispersion and decay, but in some supreme exertion for freedom, for right and for truth.

The English know how to make the best of things. Their so-called muddling through is simply skill at dealing with the inevitable.

Just to paint is great fun ... Try it if you have not done so - before you die.

I get my exercise being a pallbearer for those of my friends who believed in regular running and calisthenics.

The old wars were decided by their episodes rather than by their tendencies. In this war, the tendencies are far more important than the episodes.

Although personally I am quite content with existing explosives, I feel we must not stand in the path of improvement.

This is no time for ease and comfort. It is time to dare and endure.