Asia is not going to be civilized after the methods of the West. There is too much Asia and she is too old.

All sensible men are of the same religion, but no sensible man ever tells.

All the people like us are we, and everyone else is They.

For the female of the species is more deadly than the male.

Let it be clearly understood that the Russian is a delightful person till he tucks in his shirt. As an Oriental he is charming. It is only when he insists on being treated as the most easterly of western peoples instead of the most westerly of easterns that he becomes a racial anomaly extremely difficult to handle.

Cat said, 'I am not a friend, and I am not a Servant. I am the Cat who walks by himself, and I wish to come into your Cave.'

This is Burma, and it will be quite unlike any land you know about.