"The 50s face was angry, the 60s face was well-fed, the 70s face was foxy. Perhaps it was the right expression: there was a lot to be wary about."

"The Red Army must keep its powder dry and be in constant mobilization and preparedness."

"519. One enemy is too much."

"As much valour is to be found in feasting as in fighting, and some of our city captains and carpet knights …"

"Ginger Rogers did everything Fred Astaire did, except backwards and in high heels."

"As the months of agony advanced, there was bred in the warring peoples a genuine and even passionate will f…"

"Unjust war is to be abhorred; but woe to the nation that does not make ready to hold its own in time of nee…"