The Reason For Having Diplomatic Relations Is

Praise The Humanities, My Boy. That'll Make Them Think You're Broadminded!

It Is Not Open To The Cool Bystander . . . To Set Himself Up As An Impartial Judge Of Events Which Would Never Have Occurred Had He Outstretched A Helping Hand In Time.

Now This Is Not The End. It Is Not Even The Beginning Of The End. But It Is, Perhaps, The End Of The Beginning.

I Was Only The Servant Of My Country And Had I, At Any Moment, Failed To Express Her Unflinching Resolve To Fight And Conquer, I Should At Once Have Been Rightly Cast Aside.

I Am Very Glad There Are Quite A Number Of People Born With A Gift And A Liking For All Of This; Like Great Chessplayers Who Play Sixteen Games At Once Blindfold And Die Quite Soon Of Epilepsy. Serve Them Right! I Hope The Mathematicians, However, Are Well Rewarded. I Promise Never To Blackleg Their Profession Nor Take The Bread Out Of Their Mouths.