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

The desert is an ocean in which no oar is dipped.

Nine-tenths of tactics are certain, and taught in books: but the irrational tenth is like the kingfisher flashing across the pool, and that is the test of generals.

I haven't got a heart: only the former site of one, with a monument there to say that it has been removed and the area it occupied turned into a public garden, in pursuance of the slum-clearance scheme.

It is difficult to keep quiet when everything is being done wrong, but the less you lose your temper the greater your advantage. Also then you will not go mad yourself.

To have news value is to have a tin can tied to one's tail.

Your success will be proportioned to the amount of mental effort you devote to it.