“Necessity is the mother of taking chances.”

“Mrs Kerslake:" but if there is no chance of being offered a place at Oxford, surely-?"Simon Kerslake: "Thats not what i said Mother, I shall be an undergraduate at Oxford by the first day of term”

“Dates are hard to remember because they consist of figures; figures are monotonously unstriking in appearance, and they don't take hold, they form no pictures, and so they give the eye no chance to help. Pictures are the thing. Pictures can make dates stick.”

“The first half of life consists of the capacity to enjoy without the chance; the last half consists of the chance without the capacity.”

“Give every day the chance to become the most beautiful day of your life.”

“Never knew before what eternity was made for. It is to give some of us a chance to learn German.”

“It is my belief that nearly any invented quotation, played with confidence, stands a good chance to deceive.”