Like some infernal monster, still venomous in death, a war can go on killing people for a long time after it’s all over.

You can only do a thing for the first time once, and that goes for falling in love.

The thing most worth doing in this modern world [is to] create jobs that men can work at, and be proud of, and make money by their work.

Differential equations won't help you much in the design of aeroplanes - not yet, anyhow.

To put your life in danger from time to time... breeds a saneness in dealing with day-to-day trivialities.

Remember that the Clerget lands very fast, at over forty miles an hour, and with that great engine in the nose the tail was light. Watch it... Lovely.

It's no good going on living in the ashes of a dead happiness.