Dead birds don't fall out of their nests.

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

Books, in all their variety, offer the human intellect the means whereby civilisation may be carried triumphantly forward.

Remember gentleman, it's not just France we're fighting for, it's Champagne!

The short words are best, and the old words, when short, are the best of all.

Armed with a paint-box, one cannot be bored, one cannot be left at a loose end, one cannot 'have several days on one's hands.

In war as in life, it is often necessary when some cherished scheme has failed, to take up the best alternative open, and if so, it is folly not to work for it with all your might.