I have known some horses and a good many more pigs who I believe harbored evil intent in their hearts. I will go further and say all cats are wicked, though often useful. Who has not seen Satan in their sly faces?

I always go backwards when I am backing up.

You do not think much of me, do you, Cogburn?" "I don't think about you at all when your mouth is closed.

Mexican homes as a rule are closed off to the world by high blank walls of yellowish masonry, topped with broken glass to discourage escaladores, or climbing burglars. The gardens and fountains and other delights are hidden, as in an Arab city.

You must pay for everything in this world one way and another. There is nothing free except the Grace of God. You cannot earn that or deserve it.

My Master of Arts degree means nothing at all to these monkeys and I have come to share their indifference.

But I had not the strength nor the inclination to bandy words with a drunkard. What have you done when you have bested a fool?