He was old and wise, which meant tired and disappointed.

I had dropped one form and not taken on the other, and was become like Mohammed's coffin in our legend, with a resultant feeling of intense loneliness in life, and a contempt, not for other men, but for all they do.

The people of England have been led in Mesopotamia into a trap from which it will be hard to escape with dignity and honor.

Immorality, I know. Immortality, I cannot judge.

If you wear Arab things, wear the best. Clothes are significant among the tribes, and you must wear the appropriate, and appear at ease in them. Dress like a Sherif, if they agree to it.

This creed of the desert seemed inexpressible in words, and indeed in thought.

I prefer lies to truth, especially when the lies are about me.