Diplomacy Is The Art Of Telling Plain

Life Is Fraught With Opportunities To Keep Your Mouth Shut.

Everyone Has His Day And Some Days Last Longer Than Others.

An Old Battleax Of A Woman Said To Winston Churchill, "if You Were My Husband I Would Put Poison In Your Tea." Churchill's Response, "ma'am If You Were My Wife I Would Drink It.

When I Was Younger I Made It A Rule Never To Take Strong Drink Before Lunch. It Is Now My Rule Never To Do So Before Breakfast.

Individual Moslems May Show Splendid Qualities. Thousands Become The Brave And Loyal Soldiers Of The Queen: All Know How To Die: But The Influence Of The Religion Paralyses The Social Development Of Those Who Follow It. No Stronger Retrograde Force Exists In The World. Far From Being Moribund, Mohammedanism Is A Militant And Proselytizing Faith. It Has Already Spread Throughout Central Africa, Raising Fearless Warriors At Every Step; And Were It Not That Christianity Is Sheltered In The Strong Arms Of Science, The Science Against Which It Had Vainly Struggled, The Civilisation Of Modern Europe Might Fall, As Fell The Civilisation Of Ancient Rome.