To win a war is as disasterous as to lose one.

Nothing, I believe, is so full of life under the microscope as a drop of water from a stagnant pool.

There is something about conscious tact that is very irritating.

Everything must be taken into account. If the fact will not fit the theory---let the theory go.

When the sea goes down, there will come from the mainland boats and men. And they will find ten dead bodies and an unsolved problem on Indian Island.

The tragedy of life is that people do not change.

I was thinking, that when my time comes, I should be sorry if the only plea I had to offer was that of justice. Because it might mean that only justice would be meted out to me.