The maxim of the British people is 'business as usual.'
It is not always possible to have everything go as one likes. In working with allies, it sometimes happens that they develop opinions of their own
If I were the first of May, I should be ashamed of myself.
There are two kinds of success-initial and ultimate.
To build may have to be the slow and laborious task of years. To destroy can be the thoughtless act of a single day.
When the eagles are silent, the parrots begin to jabber.