There comes a time in the life of us all when we must lay aside our books or put down our tools and leave our place of work and walk forth on the road to meet the enemy face-to-face. Once and for all and at last

Some of my ancestors fought in the American Revolution. A few more wore red coats, a few wore blue coats, and the rest wore no coats at all. We never did figure out who won that war.

A good book is a kind of paper club, serving to rouse the slumbrous and to silence the obtuse.

I do not believe in personal immortality; it seems so unnecessary. Show me one man who deserves to live forever.

A life without tragedy would not be worth living.

I wouldn't trade a good horse for the best Rolls-Royce ever made -- unless I could trade the Rolls for two good horses.

I’m tired of doing what I don’t want to do to live the way I don’t want to live.