The Lottery of Life

"Remember that you are an Englishman, and have consequently won first place in the lottery of life".
~Cecil Rhodes, 1853-1902, South African statesman

Admiral Horatio Lord Nelson

"First, you must implicitly obey orders… Secondly, you must consider every man as your enemy who speaks ill of your King... And thirdly, you must hate a Frenchman as you do the devil".

(Giving advice to a new recruit on how to survive in the Royal Navy)

Brookshaw- 'Latin'

"And remember that as an Englishman you have a perfect right to treat God as a social equal and the Devil as an inferior, that way lies Salvation."

Nobody's indespensable...

"The graveyards are full of indespensable men."
~Charles de Gaulle

Groucho Marx

"From the moment I picked up your book until I laid it down, I was convulsed with laughter. Some day I intend reading it."

The secret of eternal youth...

"The secret of staying young is to live honestly, eat slowly, and lie about your age."
~Lucille Ball

Oscar Wilde

"A poet can survive everything but a misprint."