The reserve of modern assertions is sometimes pushed to extremes, in which the fear of being contradicted leads the writer to strip himself of almost all sense and meaning.

When a new book appears one should read an old one.

We get to make a living; we give to make a life.

The Turkish Government began and ruthlessly carried out the infamous massacre and deportation of Armenians in Asia Minor. The clearance of the race from Asia Minor was about as complete as such an act, on a scale so great, could well be.

I drink and smoke and I am two hundred percent fit.

Don't be content to be the chip off the old block - be the old block itself.

There is no merit in putting off a war for a year if, when it comes, it is far worse or much harder to win.