We sit in calm, airy, silent rooms opening upon sunlit and embowered lawns, not a sound except of summer and of husbandry disturbs the peace; but seven million men, any ten thousand of whom could have annihilated the ancient armies, are in ceaseless battle from the Alps to the Ocean.

War is a game that is played with a smile. If you can't smile, grin. If you can't grin, keep out of the way till you can.

Nothing is more dangerous in wartime than to live in the temperamental atmosphere of a Gallup Poll, always feeling one's pulse and taking one's temperature.

Advertising nourishes the consuming power of men.

Never give in, never! Be it concerning large things or small things, never, never, never!

What does all this stuff about flying saucers amount to? What can it mean? What is the truth?

I always seem to get inspiration and renewed vitality by contact with this great novel land of yours which sticks up out of the Atlantic.