I could not help reflecting that the bullet which had struck the chestnut [horse] had certainly passed within a foot of my head. So at any rate I had been 'under fire.' That was something.

With the end of the Victorian era, we passed into what I feel I must call the terrible 20th century

In my experience of large enterprises, I have found it is often a mistake to try to settle everything at once.

In war it does not matter who is right, but who is left.

Madam, if you were my wife, I would drink it.

When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.

Opening amenities are often opening inanities.