To meet at all, one must open ones eyes to another; and there is no true conversation no matter how many words are spoken, unless the eye, unveiled and listening, opens itself to the other.

We can love an honest rogue, but what is more offensive than a false saint?

If you train people properly, they won't be able to tell a drill from the real thing. If anything, the real thing will be easier.

Nothing is so dear as what you're about to leave.

A rattlesnake that doesn't bite teaches you nothing.

The source of one's joy is also often the source of one's sorrow.

There are two barriers that often prevent communication between the young and their elders. The first is middle-aged forgetfulness of the fact that they themselves are no longer young. The second is youthful ignorance of the fact that the middle aged are still alive.