A thin grey fog hung over the city, and the streets were very cold; for summer was in England.

I have stated it plain, an' my argument's thus ( It's all one, says the Sapper) There's only one Corps which is perfect - that's us; An' they call us Her Majesty's Engineers, With the rank and pay of a Sapper!

They copied all they could copy, But they couldn't copy my mind; And I left them sweatin' and stealin', A year and a half behind.

However the world pretends to divide itself, there are only two divisions in the world today - human beings and Germans.

But he couldn't lie if you paid him and he'd starve before he stole.

I've just read that I am dead. Don't forget to delete me from your list of subscribers.

If you can force your heart and nerve and sinew to serve your turn long after they are gone, and so hold on when there is nothing in you except the will which says to them: 'Hold on!'