This truth may be unfashionable, unpalatable, no doubt unpopular, but, if it is the truth, the story of mankind shows that war was universal and unceasing for millions of years before armaments were invented or armies organized. Indeed, the lucid intervals of peace and order only occurred in human history after armaments in the hands of strong governments have come into being, and civilization in every age has been nursed only in cradles guarded by superior weapons and superior discipline.

There is no better exercise than to study and devour a picture, and then, without looking at it again, to attempt the next day to reproduce it.

The gratitude of every home in our Island, in our Empire, and indeed throughout the world, except in the abodes of the guilty, goes out to the British airmen who, undaunted by odds, unwearied in their constant challenge and mortal danger, are turning the tide of the World War by their prowess and by their devotion. Never in the field of human conflict was so much owed by so many to so few.

The only thing wrong with Christianity is the lack of suffering.

For the first time I heard shots fired in anger, heard bullets strike flesh or whistle through the air.

I am not sure I should have dared to start; but I am sure that I should not have dared to stop.

I liked wine, both red and white, and especially Champagne; and on very special occasions I could even drink a small glass of brandy.