Some people did not like this ceremonious style. But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

Painting is a companion with whom one may walk a great part of life's journey.

It is easier to give directions than advice, and more agreeable to have the right to act, even in a limited sphere, than the privilege to talk at large.

If you are going to go through hell, keep going

The privilege of a university education is a great one; the more widely it is extended the better for any country.

It is a curious fact about British Islanders, who hate drill and have not been invaded for nearly a thousand years, that as danger comes nearer and grows they become progressively less nervous; when it is imminent the are fierce, when it is mortal they are fearless.

In Hitler's launching of the Nazi campaign upon Russia we can already see, after less than six months of fighting, that he made one of the outstanding blunders of history, and the results so far realized constitute an event of cardinal importance in the final decision of the war.