I was shown a picture by Cézanne of a blank wall of a house, which he had made instinct with the most delicate lights and colours.

In the course of my life, I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

The jury system has come to stand for all we mean by English justice. The scrutiny of 12 honest jurors provides defendants and plaintiffs alike a safeguard from arbitrary perversion of the law.

The most formidable people in the world, and now the most dangerous, people who... lay down the doctrine that every frontier must be the starting out point for invasion.

We shall draw from the heart of suffering itself the means of inspiration and survival.

Opening amenities are often opening inanities.

Tidiness is a virtue, symmetry is often a constituent of beauty.