War is a way of shattering to pieces... materials which might otherwise be used to make the masses too comfortable and... too intelligent.

Perhaps a man really dies when his brain stops, when he loses the power to take in a new idea.

Never use a long word where a short one will do.

It is fatal to look hungry. It makes people want to kick you.

An earthquake is such fun when it is over.

Before the war, and especially before the Boer War, it was summer all the year round.

For the future. For the unborn.