The short words are best, and the old words, when short, are the best of all.

Nature will not be admired by proxy.

It is a fine game to play - the game of politics - and it is well worth waiting for a good hand before really plunging.

I am not a bit afraid of Siegfried Sassoon. That man can think. I am afraid only of people who cannot think.

There is no sphere of human thought in which it is easier to show superficial cleverness and the appearance of superior wisdom than in discussing questions of currency and exchange

We proceeded systematically, village by village and we destroyed the houses, filled up the wells, blew down the towers, cut down the shady trees, burned the crops and broke the reservoirs in punitive devastation.

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