The Pashtun tribes are always engaged in private or public war. Every man is a warrior, a politician and a theologian Every large house is a real feudal fortress....Eve ry family cultivates its vendetta; every clan, its feud....Nothing is ever forgotten and very few debts are left unpaid.

There is in the act of preparing, the moment you start caring.

I wanted us to go to the Tories when we were strong...not in misfortune to be made an honest woman of.

The English never draw a line without blurring it.

Praise the humanities, my boy. That'll make them think you're broadminded!

The person must be blind, indeed, who can not see, that here on earth a great project, a great plan, is executed, may work on the realization of which we participate as faithful servants.

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