Nancy, If I Were Your Husband I'd

We Are With Europe, But Not Of It. We Are Linked, But Not Comprised. We Are Interested And Associated, But Not Absorbed. And Should European Statesmen Address Us In The Words Which Were Used Of Old — “shall I Speak For Thee To The King Or The Captain Of The Host?” — We Should Reply With The Shunamite Woman: “nay, Sir, For We Dwell Among Our Own People.”

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.

The Rest And The Spell Of Sleep In The Middle Of The Day Refresh The Human Frame Far More Than A Long Night. We Were Not Made By Nature To Work, Or Even To Play, From Eight O'clock In The Morning Till Midnight. We Throw A Strain Upon Our System Which Is Unfair And Improvident. For Every Purpose Of Business Or Pleasure, Mental Or Physical, We Ought To Break Our Days And Our Marches Into Two.

If I Had Been An Italian I Am Sure That I Should Have Been Whole-heartedly With You From The Start To Finish In Your Triumphant Struggle Against The Bestial Appetites And Passions Of Leninism.

The Story Of The Human Race Is War. Except For Brief And Precarious Interludes There Has Never Been Peace In The World; And Long Before History Began Murderous Strife Was Universal And Unending.