I have learned all kinds of things from my many mistakes. The one thing I never learn to stop making them.

Sometimes when I'm really enjoying a book, I'll read a sentence or paragraph and just think - how can someone's head be wired in such a way that they'd come up with that?

Those with the least always lose the most in war.

Things aren't what they used to be' is the rallying cry of small minds. When men say things used to be better, they invariably mean they were better for them, because they were young, and had all their hopes intact. The world is bound to look a darker place as you slide into the grave.

People love to see death. It reminds them that however mean, however low, however horrible their lives become… at least they have one.

It is easy to forget how much you have, when your eyes are always fixed on what you have not.

Chose? If you believe that I chose any part of the pitiful shadow of a life you see before you, you are very much mistaken. I chose glory and success. The box did not contain what was written on the lid.