A lie will gallop halfway round the world before the truth has time to pull its breeches on.

I am ready to meet my Maker. Whether my Maker is prepared for the great ordeal of meeting me is another matter.

It has been said words are the only things which last forever.

[My ideal of a good dinner] is to discuss good food, and, after this good food has been discussed, to discuss a good topic – with myself the chief conversationalist.

I am a man of simple tastes—I am quite easily satisfied with the best of everything.

[Nancy Astor: “If I were married to you, I’d put poison in your coffee.”] If I were married to you, I’d drink it.

In the course of my life I have often had to eat my words, and I must confess that I have always found it a wholesome diet.

It is a very fine thing to refuse an invitation, but it is a good thing to wait till you get it first.

We are all worms. But I do believe that I am a glow-worm.