The vistas of possibility are only limited by the shortness of life.

Luckily ... there were Zulus and Afghans, also the Dervishes in the Soudan. Some of these might, if they were well-disposed, 'put up a show' some day.

Nothing is more costly, nothing is more sterile, than vengeance.

Politics is almost as exciting as war, and quite as dangerous. In war you can only be killed once, but in politics many times.

I have found in my experience of war, that plans are useless, but planning is invaluable.

Just to paint is great fun ... Try it if you have not done so - before you die.

Out of intense complexities, intense simplicities emerge