"My rule of life prescribed as an absolutely sacred rite smoking cigars and also drinking alcohol before, after, and if need be during all meals and in the intervals between them."

"I am an optimist. It does not seem too much use being anything else."

"The utmost force should be used."

"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."

"The greatest lesson in life is to know that even fools are right sometimes."