The worst mistake that a statesman can make is to promise victory and to see it dashed, the hopes dashed.

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

However beautiful the strategy, you should occasionally look at the results.

"I hope, sir, that I will shoot your picture on your hundredth birthday." I don't see why not, young man. You look reasonably fit and healthy.

I have not become the Kings First Minister in order to preside over the liquidation of the British Empire.

The English never draw a line without blurring it.

I look like a down-and-out drunk who has been picked out of the gutter in the Strand.