He is no easy-tempered man to handle.' 'No; I wish he were.

He is such an aggressive, cocksure, you-be-damned fellow.' 'He'll get that knocked out of him in time.

He must learn that he can't storm up and down the world with a box of moist tubes and a slick brush.
You're fond of him ?' 'I'd take any punishment that's in store for him if I could; but the worst of it is, no man can save his brother.' 'No, and the worser of it is, there is no discharge in this war.

Dick must learn his lesson like the rest of us.

Talking of war, there'll be trouble in the Balkans in the spring.' 'That trouble is long coming.