We shape our buildings; thereafter they shape us.

If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favourable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.

Of all the small nations of this earth, perhaps only the ancient Greeks surpass the Scots in their contribution to mankind.

Success in life is determined by your ability to go from failure to failure without loss of enthusiasm.

Remember gentlemen, it's not just France we are fighting for, its Champagne!

If you cannot read all your books, at any rate handle, or as it were, fondle them – peer into them, let them fall open where they will, read from the first sentence that arrests the eye, set them back on the shelves with your own hands, arrange them on your own plan so that if you do not know what is in them, you at least know where they are. Let them be your friends; let them at any rate be your acquaintances. If they cannot enter the circle of your life, do not deny them at least a nod of recognition.