Winston Churchill
(page 6)

Broadly speaking, short words are best, and the old words, when short, are best of all.

When I look back on all these worries I remember the story of the old man who said on his deathbed that he had had a lot of trouble in his life, most of which had never happened.

From now on, ending a sentence with a preposition is something up with which I will not put.

Personally I'm always ready to learn, although I do not always like being taught.

The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

Eating words has never given me indigestion.

We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give.

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself.

In War: Resolution. In Defeat: Defiance. In Victory: Magnanimity. In Peace: Good Will.

We are all worms. But I do believe I am a glow-worm.

If you're not a liberal when you're 25, you have no heart. If you're not a conservative by the time you're 35, you have no brain.

It has been said that democracy is the worst form of government except all the others that have been tried.

No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle.