"Sometimes our best is simply not enough.... We have to do what is required."

"It is not enough that we do our best; sometimes we must do what is required."

"We make a living by what we get, but we make a life by what we give."

"I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod."

"My most brilliant achievement was my ability to be able to persuade my wife to marry me."

"One ought to be just before one is generous"

"(Prime Minister Joseph) Chamberlain loves the working man - he loves to see him work"

"My greatest good fortune in a life of brilliant experiences has been to find you, and to lead my life with you. I don't feel far away from you out here at all. I feel very near in my heart; and also I feel that the nearer I get to honour, the nearer I am to you."