There is no hunting like the hunting of man, and those who have hunted armed men long enough and liked it, never care for anything else thereafter.

No, that is the great fallacy: the wisdom of old men. They do not grow wise. They grow careful.

Happiness in intelligent people is the rarest thing I know.

Remember everything is right until it's wrong. You'll know when it's wrong.

Don't you drink? I notice you speak slightingly of the bottle. I have drunk since I was fifteen and few things have given me more pleasure.

If the others heard me talking out loud they would think that I am crazy. But since I am not, I do not care.

A good life is not measured by any biblical span.