“Constant practice devoted to one subject often prevails over both ability and skill.”
“History is the witness of the times, the light of truth, the life of memory, the teacher of life.”
“For laws are silent in time of war.”
“The beginnings of all things are small.”
“If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.”
“Gratitude is not only the greatest of virtues, but the parent of all the other virtues.”
“This is a War of the Unknown Warrior; but let all strive without failing in faith or in duty.”
“Of this I am quite sure, that if we open a quarrel between the past and the present, we shall find that we have lost the future.”
“We shall not flag or fail.”
“Let us therefore brace ourselves to our duties, and so bear ourselves that, if the British Empire and its Commonwealth last for a thousand years, men will still say, “This was their finest hour.””
“We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender.”
“I have nothing to offer but blood, toil, tears, and sweat.”
“How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.”
“Grow old along with me! The best is yet to be.”
“A man's reach should exceed his grasp, or what's a heaven for?”
“Marriage must constantly fight against a monster which devours everything: routine.”
“Solitude is fine, but you need someone to tell you that solitude is fine.”
“The secret of a great success for which you are at a loss to account is a crime that has never been found out, because it was properly executed.”
“Reading brings us unknown friends.”
“We are not to simply bandage the wounds of victims beneath the wheels of injustice; we are to drive a spoke into the wheel itself.”