Meet Success Like A Gentleman; Disaster Like

One Time He Was Asked If He Believed In An Afterlife. After A Moment's Hesitation He Said No, That He Thought There Was Only "some Kind Of Velvety Cool Blackness," Adding Then: "of Course, I Admit I May Be Wrong. It Is Conceivable That I Might Well Be Reborn As A Chinese Coolie. In Such Case I Should Lodge A Protest."

Those Who Serve Supreme Causes Must Not Consider What They Can Get But What They Can Give.

By Being So Long In The Lowest Form [at Harrow] I Gained An Immense Advantage Over The Cleverer Boys. . . . I Got Into My Bones The Essential Structure Of The Ordinary British Sentence - Which Is A Noble Thing. Naturally I Am Biased In Favor Of Boys Learning English; I Would Make Them All Learn English: And Then I Would Let The Clever Ones Learn Latin As An Honor, And Greek As A Treat.

When Told By A Helpful Aide That His Flies Were Undone He Replied 'young Man, There Is No Harm In Leaving The Cage Door Open If The Bird Is Dead!

The Privilege Of A University Education Is A Great One; The More Widely It Is Extended The Better For Any Country.