These little grey cells. It is up to them.

Words are such uncertain things, they so often sound well but mean the opposite of what one thinks they do.

That was what, ultimately, war did to you. It was not the physical dangers--the mines at sea, the bombs from the air, the crisp ping of a rifle bullet as you drove over a desert track. No, it was the spiritual danger of learning how much easier life was if you ceased to think.

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

Life itself is an unsolved mystery", said the clergyman gravely.

If you confront anyone who has lied with the truth, he will usually admit it - often out of sheer surprise. It is only necessary to guess right to produce your effect.

Everything has got its right size. When it is its right size and well run it's the tops.