No idea is so outlandish that it should not be considered with a searching but at the same time a steady eye.

Nobody wants to intervene in Russian affairs. Russia is a very large country, a very old country, a very disagreeable country inhabited by immense numbers of ignorant people largely possessed of lethal weapons and in a state of extreme disorder. Also Russia is a long way off.

The whole of northern Norway was covered with snow to depths which none of our soldiers had ever seen, felt, or imagined. There were neither snow-shoes nor skis - still less skiers. We must do our best. Thus began this ramshackle campaign.

If I were the first of May, I should be ashamed of myself.

I am certainly not one of those who need to be prodded. In fact, if anything, I am the prod.

Some people did not like this ceremonious style. But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.

Indomitable in retreat, invincible in advance; insufferable in victory.