“Golf is a game whose aim is to hit a very small ball into an ever smaller hole, with weapons singularly ill-designed for the purpose”

“This paper, by its very length, defends itself from ever being read.”

“If you have an important point to make, don't try to be subtle or clever. Use a pile driver. Hit the point once. Then come back and hit it again. Then hit it a third time - a tremendous whack.”

“Those whose work and pleasure are one... are... Fortune's favoured children.”

“This is no war of chieftains or of princes, of dynasties or national ambition; it is a war of peoples and of causes. There are vast numbers, not only in this Island but in every land, who will render faithful service in this war, but whose names will never be known, whose deeds will never be recorded. This is a War of the Unknown Warriors”

“A small lie needs a bodyguard of bigger lies to protect it.”

“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.”