I am prepared to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

We are really doing our very best. There are no doubt many mistakes and shortcomings. A lot of things are done none too well. Some things that ought to be done have not yet been done...[But Britain's effort has] justly commanded the wonder and admiration of every friendly nation in the world.

Achievement is not last, disappointment is not deadly: It is the mettle to proceed with that matters.

A vocabulary of truth and simplicity will be of service throughout your life.

All dogs look up to you. All cats look down on you. Only the pig looks at you as an equal

Remember the story of the Spanish prisoner. For many years he was confined in a dungeon... One day it occurred to him to push the door of his cell. It was open; and it had never been locked.

I'm so bored with it all.