Listen," I told him. "Don't be so tough so early in the morning. I'm sure you've cut plenty of people's throats. I haven't even had my coffee yet.

The only thing that could spoil a day was people. People were always the limiters of happiness except for the very few that were as good as spring itself.

Never delay kissing a pretty girl or opening a bottle of whiskey

Man is not made for defeat.

I spend a hell of a lot of time killing animals and fish so I wouldn't kill myself. When a man is in rebellion against death, as I am in rebellion against death, he gets pleasure out of taking to himself one of the godlike attributes; that of giving it.

I try not to borrow, first you borrow then you beg.

When spring came, even the false spring, there were no problems except where to be happiest.