“There are no credentials. They do not even need a medical certificate. They need not be sound either in body or mind. They only require a certificate of birth -just to prove they are first of the litter. You would not choose a Spaniel on these principles. (On aristocracy)”

“With me a change of trouble is as good as a vacation.”

“A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree if you agree with him he's a statesman.”

“What do you want to be a sailor for? There are greater storms in politics than you will ever find at sea. Piracy, broadsides, blood on the decks. You will find them all in politics.”

“We are muddled into war.”

“Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.”

“Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small steps.”

“A politician is a person with whose politics you don't agree if you agree with him he is a statesman.”

“Every man has a House of Lords in his own head. Fears prejudices misconceptions - those are the peers and they are hereditary.”

“Whenever the Germans found the Canadian Corps coming into the line they prepared for the worst.”

“Don't be afraid to take a big step if one is indicated. You can't cross a chasm in two small jumps.”