What Stands If Freedom Fall?

We Have Forty Million Reasons For Failure, But Not A Single Excuse.

(an Unhappy Childhood Was Not) An Unsuitable Preparation For My Future, In That It Demanded A Constant Wariness, The Habit Of Observation, And The Attendance On Moods And Tempers; The Noting Of Discrepancies Between Speech And Action; A Certain Reserve Of Demeanour; And Automatic Suspicion Of Sudden Favours.

We're All Islands Shouting Lies To Each Other Across Seas Of Misunderstanding.

Englishmen Are Not Usually Softened By Appeals To The Memory Of Their Mothers.

It's Always Best To Tell The Truth.