The Great War differed from all ancient wars in the immense power of the combatants and their fearful agencies of destruction, and from all modern wars in the utter ruthlessness with which it was fought.

If I had my way, I would write the word 'insure' over every door of every cottage and upon the blotting pad of every public man, because I am convinced that, for sacrifice that are conceivably small, families can be secured against catastrophes which otherwise would smash them forever.

The gift of a common tongue is a priceless inheritance and it may well some day become the foundation of a common citizenship.

Appeasement is feeding the crocodile, hoping he will eat you last.

Hence we will not say that Greeks fight like heroes, but heroes fight like Greeks.

No one ever came to grief-except honorable grief-through riding horses. No hour of life is lost that is spent in the saddle. Young men have often been ruined through owning horses, or through backing horses, but never through riding them; unless of course they break their necks, which, taken at a gallop, is a very good death to die.

The man who stands firm in order to protect a sand-castle can never be relied upon; for he has given away his common sense.