One would have thought that if there was one cause in the world which the Conservative party would have hastened to defend, it would be the cause of the British Empire in India ... Our fight is hard. It will also be long ... But win or lose, we must do our duty. If the British people are to lose their Indian Empire, they shall do so with their eyes open.

To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.

Mr. Gladstone read Homer for fun, which I thought served him right.

There is not one single social or economic principle or concept in the philosophy of the Russian Bolshevik which has not been realized, carried into action, and enshrined in immutable laws a million years ago by the white ant.

... I think it would be so much better for me to learn something which would be useful to me in the army, as well as affording me exercise and amusement.

No hour of life is wasted that is spent in the saddle.

When you are on a great horse, you have the best seat you will ever have.