The water was not fit to drink. To make it palatable, we had to add whisky. By diligent effort, I learned to like it.

Don't be careless about yourselves--on the other hand not too careful. Live well but do not flaunt it. Laugh a little and teach your men to laugh--get good humor under fire--war is a game that's played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.

The chief aim of wisdom is to enable one to bear with the stupidity of the ignorant.

What is the use of living, if it be not to strive for noble causes and to make this muddled world a better place for those who will live in it after we are gone?

It cannot in the opinion of His Majesty's Government be classified as slavery in the extreme acceptance of the word without some risk of terminological inexactitude.

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

I love learning, but hate being taught.