“A fanatic is one who can't change his mind and won't change the subject.”

“To improve is to change; to be perfect is to change often.”

“I had a feeling once about Mathematics - that I saw it all. Depth beyond depth was revealed to me - the Byss and Abyss. I saw - as one might see the transit of Venus or even the Lord Mayor's Show - a quantity passing through infinity and changing its sign from plus to minus. I saw exactly why it happened and why the tergiversation was inevitable but it was after dinner and I let it go.”

“A good speech should be like a woman's skirt; long enough to cover the subject and short enough to create interest.”

“An appeaser is one who feeds a crocodile, hoping it will eat him last.”

“and being as wicked as any man who ever lived, he exploited his advantage to the full.”

“War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.”