I Never Forgive, But I Always Forget.

He [a. J. Balfour] Was Eminently One Of The Cole Porter School Of Famous Men, Who Only Fell To Rise Again. Picking Himself Up And Brushing Himself Down Became A Minor Art Form, Ruefully Admired By His Contemporaries.

I Am More Or Less Happy When Being Praised, Not Very Comfortable When Being Abused, But I Have Moments Of Uneasiness When Being Explained.

But Science Is The Great Instrument Of Social Change, All The Greater Because Its Object Is Not Change But Knowledge, And Its Silent Appropriation Of This Dominant Function, Amid The Din Of Political And Religious Strife, Is The Most Vital Of All The Revolutions Which Have Marked The Development Of Modern Civilisation.

No Country Can Allow Its Safety To Be Wholly Dependent On Faithful Observance By Other States Of Rules To Which They Are Obliged.

Herbert Asquith's Clarity Is A Great Liability Because He Has Nothing To Say.