Singapore could only be taken after a siege by an army of at least 50,000 men. It is not considered possible that the Japanese would embark on such a mad enterprise.

You will never reach your destination if you stop and throw stones at every dog that barks.

Before the war it had seemed incredible that such terrors and slaughters, even if they began, could last more than a few months. After the first two years it was difficult to believe that they would ever end.

Do what you like, but like what you do.

When they told me that by the year 2100 women would rule the world, my reply was 'Still?'

The opposition occupies the benches in front of you, but the enemy sits behind you

Already by 1900 I could boast I had written as many books as Moses.