Though loyal and able and brave, Pea had never displayed the slightest ability to learn from his experience, though his experience was considerable. Time and again he would walk up on the wrong side of a horse that was known to kick, and then look surprised when he got kicked.

The older the violin, the sweeter the music.

Self-parody is the first portent of age.

If a warrior lacked wisdom, courage alone would not keep him alive for long.

Listening to women ain't the fashion in this part of the country.

No illusion is more crucial than the illusion that great success and huge money buy you immunity from the common ills of mankind, such as cars that won't start.

True maturity is only reached when a man realizes he has become a father figure to his girlfriends' boyfriend - and he accepts it