“Airplanes are interesting toys but of no military value.”

“The most powerful weapon on earth is the human soul on fire.”

“My centre is giving way, my right is in retreat, situation excellent. I attack.”

“Mon centre cède, ma droite recule. Situation excellente, j'attaque. ”

“None but a coward dares to boast that he has never known fear.”

“Advertisements constitute the only 'good news' in the newspaper.”

“The nights in Billancourt were soft and sweet, enlivened now and again by those childish airplane or zeppelin alarms which provided the civilian population with thrills and self-justification.”