An aggressive war is the great crime against everything good in the world. A defensive war, which must necessarily turn to aggressive at the earliest moment, is the necessary great counter-crime. But never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. Ask the infantry and ask the dead.

Anglers have a way of romanticizing their battles with fish.

Work could cure almost anything

He was violating the second rule of the two rules for getting on well with people that speak Spanish; give the men tobacco and leave the women alone

I may not be as stong as I think, but I know many tricks and I have resolution.

Why did they make birds so delicate and fine as those sea swallows when the ocean can be so cruel?

My life used to be full of everything. Now if you aren't with me I haven't a thing in the world.