Never give in except to convictions of honor and good sense.
If you don’t have any enemies in life you have never stood up for anything.
The test of a people is what they can do when they’re tired.
He who fails to plan is planning to fail.
I was, on the whole, considerably discouraged by my school days. It was not pleasant to feel oneself so completely outclassed and left behind at the beginning of the race.
Your greatest fears are created by your imagination. Don’t give in to them.
Everybody stumbles across a golden opportunity at least once in a lifetime. Unfortunately most people just pick themselves up, dust themselves down, and walk away from it.
Life can either be accepted or changed. If it is not accepted, it must be changed. If it cannot be changed, then it must be accepted.
Perfectionism spells paralysis.
Painting a picture is like trying to fight a battle.
If the past sits in judgment on the present, the future will be lost.
Champagne is the wine of civilization and the oil of government.
No one ever finds life worth living – one has to make it worth living.
No sky is heavy if the heart be light.
It is not given to princes, statesmen and captains to pierce the mysteries of the future, and even the most penetrating gaze reaches only conclusions which, however seemingly vindicated at a given moment, are inexorably effaced by time.
Criticism is easy; achievement is difficult.
A single glass of champagne imparts a feeling of exhilaration. The nerves are braced; the imagination is stirred, the wits become more nimble.
There is a forgotten, nay almost forbidden word, which means more to me than any other. That word is England.
A modest little person, with much to be modest about.
When I was younger I made it a rule never to take strong drink before lunch. It is now my rule never to do so before breakfast.