To me an unnecessary action, or shot, or casualty, was not only waste but sin.

An opinion can be argued with; a conviction is best shot. The logical end of a war of creeds is the final destruction of one, and Salammbo is the classical text-book instance.

I could write for hours on the lustfulness of moving Swiftly.

Many men would take the death-sentence without a whimper, to escape the life-sentence which fate carries in her other hand.

Do not try and do too much with your own hands. Better the Arabs do it tolerably than you do it perfectly. It is their war, and you are to help them, not win it for them.

Isn't it true that the fault of birth rests somewhat on the child? I believe it's we who led our parents on to bear us, and it's our unborn children who make our flesh itch.

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