There were thousands of brown books in leather bindings, some chained to the book-shelves and others propped against each other as if they had had too much to drink and did not really trust themselves. These gave out a smell of must and solid brownness which was most secure.

Wars are never fought for one reason," he said. "They are fought for dozens of reasons, in a muddle.

Unfortunately we have tried to establish Right by Might, and you can 't do that.

The Destiny of Man is to unite, not to divide. If you keep on dividing you end up as a collection of monkeys throwing nuts at each other out of separate trees.

War is like a fire. One man may start it, but it will spread all over. It is not about any one thing in particular.

Aviators live by hours, not by days.

It is the bad people who need to have principles to restrain them.