The officers saluted as she passed and gravely bowed. They walked back across the courtyard and got into their chairs. She saw Waddington light a cigarette. A little smoke lost in the air, that was the life of a man.

Through the history of the world there have always been exploiters and exploited. There always will be ... because the great mass of men are made by nature to be slaves, they are unfit to control themselves, and for their own good need masters.

I always find it more difficult to say the things I mean than the things I don't.

Anyone can tell the truth, but only very few of us can make epigrams.

It's no good trying to keep up old friendships. It's painful for both sides. The fact is, one grows out of people, and the only thing is to face it.

Imagination grows by exercise.

Loving-kindness is the better part of goodness. It lends grace to the sterner qualities of which this consists.