The malice of the wicked was reinforced by the weakness of the virtuous.

I am a sporting man. I always like to give trains and aeroplanes a fair chance of getting away.

The old wars were decided by their episodes rather than by their tendencies. In this war, the tendencies are far more important than the episodes.

There is no such thing as public opinion. There is only published opinion.

What does all this stuff about flying saucers amount to? What can it mean? What is the truth?

Playing golf is like chasing a quinine pill around a cow pasture.

The Pashtun tribes are always engaged in private or public war. Every man is a warrior, a politician and a theologian Every large house is a real feudal fortress....Eve ry family cultivates its vendetta; every clan, its feud....Nothing is ever forgotten and very few debts are left unpaid.