Men die. It's practically what they're for.

And it's the wonders I'm after, even if I have to bleed for them.

I am a Prince," he replied, being rather dense. "It is the function of a Prince—value A—to kill monsters—value B—for the purpose of establishing order—value C—and maintaining a steady supply of maidens—value D. If one inserts the derivative of value A (Prince) into the equation y equals BC plus CD squared, and sets it equal to zero, giving the apex of the parabola, namely, the point of intersection between A (Prince) and B (Monster), one determines value E—a stable kingdom. It is all very complicated, and if you have a chart handy I can graph it for you.

Readers will always insist on adventures, and though you can have grief without adventures, you cannot have adventures without grief.

Do not ruin today with mourning tomorrow.

You know how we can be about things which sparkle and shine. We imagine they will put back something of what has been lost.

In both marriage and war you must cut up the things people say like a cake and eat only what you can stomach.