An extra yawn one morning in the springtime, an extra snooze one night in the autumn is all that we ask in return for dazzling gifts. We borrow an hour one night in April; we pay it back with golden interest five months later.

Everyone threw the blame on me ... they nearly always do. I suppose ... they think I shall be able to bear it best.

At one side of the palette there is white, at the other black; and neither is ever used neat.

The most important thing about education is appetite.

We are still masters of our fate. We are still captains of our souls.

Logic is a poor guide compared with custom.

Can a nation remain healthy, can all nations draw together in a world whose brightest stars are film stars?