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.

It was evident however that the lawyers would have to have their say....This also opened up a vista both lengthy and obscure.

Writing a long and substantial book is like having a friend and companion at your side, to whom you can always turn for comfort and amusement, and whose society becomes more attractive as a new and widening field of interest is lighted in the mind.

All the great things are simple, and many can be expressed in a single word: freedom, justice, honor, duty, mercy, hope.

Watch your actions, they become your habits.

Next time I go into the action - I shall command a hundred men - & possibly I may bring off some coup. Besides I shall have some other motive for taking chances than merely "love of adventure".

When I am abroad, I always make it a rule never to criticize or attack the government of my own country. I make up for lost time when I come home.