Henry James was our master of periphrasis -- the fine art of saying as little as possible in the greatest number of words.

Suicide: Don't knock it if you ain't tried it.

There has never been a day in my life when I was not in love.

A rancher is a farmer who farms the public lands with a herd of four-legged lawn mowers.

Men love their ideas more than their lives. And the more preposterous the idea, the more eager they are to die for it. And to kill for it.

Sentiment without action is the ruin of the soul.

Be a half-assed crusader, a part-time fanatic. Don't worry to much about the fate of the world. Saving the world is only a hobby. Get out there and enjoy the world, your girlfriend, your boyfriend, husbands wives; climb mountains, run rivers, get drunk, do whatever you want to do while you can, before it's too late.