He had the haughtiness of Henry the Eighth, without his spirit; the avarice of Henry the Seventh, without his exactions; the indignities of Charles the First, without his bigotry for his prerogative; the vexations of King William, with as little skill in the management of parties; and the gross gallantry of his father, without his goodnature or his honesty:- he might, perhaps, have been honest, if he had never hated his father, or had ever loved his son.

If he is mad, so much the better; and if he is mad, I hope to God he'll bite some of my generals.

I hate bainting, and boetry too! Neither the one nor the other ever did any good.

Non, j'aurai des maitresses.

Douglas, Douglas, you would make Neville Chamberlain look like a warmonger.

When you have sweated, toiled, had mad dreams, hopeless nightmares, you find yourself in London's streets, cold and dank in the night air. Think - what have I …

Stalin's methods did not help.