It is of no account; after all, the old bird does not fly far from his nest.

Without ships, we cannot live.

No more let us alter or falter or palter. From Malta to Yalta, and Yalta to Malta.

One evening at Chequers the film was Oliver Twist. Rufus, as usual, had the best seat in the house, on his master's lap. At the point when Bill Sikes was about to drown his dog to put the police off his track, Churchill covered Rufus's eyes with his hand. He said, "Don't look now, dear. I'll tell you about it afterwards."

I'd rather spend half an hour in the company of a top carpenter, than three hours in the company of an average brain surgeon

If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle them, and, as it were, fondle them. Let them fall open where they will. Make a voyage of discovery, taking soundings of uncharted seas.

A man who gets the reputation of rising at dawn can sleep to noon.