“A prisoner of war is a man who tries to kill you and fails, and then asks you not to kill him.”

“When you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.”

“Writing a book is an adventure. To begin with it is a toy and an amusement. Then it becomes a mistress, then it becomes a master, then it becomes a tyrant. The last phase is that just as you are about to be reconciled to your servitude, you kill the monster and fling him to the public.”

“If you are going to kill a man, it costs nothing to be polite.”

“But after all when you have to kill a man it costs nothing to be polite.”

“You were given the choice between war and dishonour. You chose dishonour, and you will have war.' - To Neville Chamberlain”

“Those who can win a war well can rarely make a good peace and those who could make a good peace would never have won the war.”