Courage is rightly esteemed the first of human qualities… because it is the quality which guarantees all others.

I cannot pretend to be impartial about the colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones, and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

Too often the strong, silent man is silent only because he does not know what to say, and is reputed strong only because he has remained silent.

If the Almighty were to rebuild the world and asked me for advice, I would have English Channels round every country. And the atmosphere would be such that anything which attempted to fly would be set on fire.

It is always wise to look ahead, but difficult to look further than you can see.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts.

One does not leave a convivial party before closing time.

No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.