(An unhappy childhood was not) an unsuitable preparation for my future, in that it demanded a constant wariness, the habit of observation, and the attendance on moods and tempers; the noting of discrepancies between speech and action; a certain reserve of demeanour; and automatic suspicion of sudden favours.

None of the Jungle People like being disturbed.

We have done with Hope and Honour. we are lost to Love and Truth, We are dropping down the ladder rung by rung; And the measure of our torment is the measure of our youth. God help us, for we knew the worst too young!

Of all the liars in the world, sometimes the worst are our own fears.

I've a neater, sweeter maiden in a cleaner, greener land!

When a crew and a captain understand each other to the core, it takes a gale, and more than a gale, to put their ship ashore.

Like the destroyer, the submarine has created its own type of officer and man with language and traditions apart from the rest of the service, and yet at the heart unchangingly of the Service