It is one of the triumphs of the human that he can know a thing and still not believe it.

And Tom brought him chicken soup until he wanted to kill him. The lore has not died out of the world, and you will still find people who believe that soup will cure any hurt or illness and is no bad thing to have for the funeral either.

Strength and success; they are above morality, above criticism. It seems then, that it is not what you do, but how you do it and what you call it.

I guess this is why I hate governments, all governments. It is always the rule, the fine print, carried out by fine-print men. There's nothing to fight, no wall to hammer with frustrated fists.

It is the nature of a person as he/she grows older to protest against change, particularly changes for the better.

There's a capacity for appetite... that a whole heaven and earth of cake can't satisfy

But a man needs company.