"Before you have faith you must believe, and before you believe there must be evidence of some sort to persuade the mi…"

"You would always beat me; not so much because you are a better fighter as because you will not accept defeat."

"The secret of success in battle lies often not so much in the use of one's own strength but in the exploitation of th…"

"In general appearance the is an extremely large and powerful fellow, with a beautiful head and speaking countenance, …"

"Very few of the old s interfere with the duties of their assistants, but there be men who seem to think you have mere…"

"Three days at , and up anchor again; our next place of call being . Every one has heard of the , who tried to beat th…"

"When I was a little boy at school, floundering through Herodotus, and getting double doses of fum-fum daily for my An…"

"Every child knows how fond cats are of hunting and catching mice, but no cat any respectability would think of confin…"

"I have dozens of well-authenticated anecdotes of cats who are very expert at fishing. I have, myself, watched a cat b…"

"When you know a person particularly well, you cannot escape their ruffled feelings."