"There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion."

"My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also drinking alcohol before, after, and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them."

"The British character is a mixture of being very brave and very stupid."

"I am certainly not one of those who would be content to see the British Empire dissolved, its glory departed, and its people sunk in the squalor of a common European citizenship."

"It is a mistake to look too far ahead. Only one link of the chain of destiny can be handled at a time."