Rags, wretchedness, poverty and dirt, those signs and symbols that indicate the presence of [Muslim] rule more surely than the crescent-flag itself, abound.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do day after tomorrow just as well.

God pours out love upon all with a lavish hand -- but He reserves vengeance for His very own.

The partitions of the houses were so thin we could hear the women occupants of adjoining rooms changing their minds.

I smoke in moderation. Only one cigar at a time.

I could have become a soldier if I had waited; I knew more about retreating than the man who invented retreating.

Go to Heaven for the climate, Hell for the company.