I do not resent criticism, even when for the sake of emphasis; it parts for the time with reality.

There is a good saying to the effect that when a new book appears one should read an old one. As as author I would not recommend too strict an adherence to this saying.

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.

Perhaps it is better to be irresponsible and right, than to be responsible and wrong.

Kites rise highest against the wind - not with it.

The rhinoceros stood ... about five hundred yards away ... not a twentieth-century animal at all, but an odd, grim straggler from the Stone Age.

The head cannot take in more than the seat can endure.