He spoke with more eloquence than wisdom.

When you are going through hell, don't stop.

I am a man of simple tastes-I am quite easily satisfied with the best of everything.

Nothing can be more abhorrent to democracy than to imprison a person or keep him in prison because he is unpopular. This is really the test of civilization.

Achievement is not last, disappointment is not deadly: It is the mettle to proceed with that matters.

I do not resent criticism, even when for the sake of emphasis; it parts for the time with reality.

[Should Britain fail, then the entire world would] sink into the abyss of a new dark age made more sinister ... by the lights of perverted science.