Americans' lack of passion for history is well known. History may not quite be bunk, as Henry Ford suggested, but there's no denying that, as a people, we sustain a passionate concentration on the present and the future.

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

A woman's love is like the morning dew. It's just as likely to settle on a horse turd as a rose.

... people are always turning out to be tougher than I think they are.

The only bookstore I had was the paperback rack at the drugstore.

The older the violin, the sweeter the music.

Part of the trick of being happy is a refusal to allow oneself to become too nostalgic for the heady triumphs of one's youth.