If history were taught in the form of stories, it would never be forgotten.

Both triumph and disaster are impostors.

He wrapped himself in quotations - as a beggar would enfold himself in the purple of Emperors.

If you can wait and not be tired of waiting, or being lied about, don't deal in lies. Or being hated, don't give way to hating, and yet don't look too good, nor talk too wise.

No one accuses the Gunner of maudlin affection for anything except his beasts and his weapons. He hasn't the time. He serves at least three jealous gods—his horse and all its saddlery and harness; his gun, whose least detail of efficiency is more important than men's lives; and, when these have been attended to, the never-ending mystery of his art commands him.

Your new-caught, sullen peoples, / Half-devil and half child.

Oh East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet.