A man who claims to be fearless is an idiot or a liar.

King Constantine IX of Regia had been killed three times and was bored with it. He wanted a bath.

Just because you've seen something doesn't mean you'll stop looking. There's always something you didn't see before.

Two cats can live as cheaply as one, and their owner has twice as much fun

Any fool can tell a story. Take a few odds and ends of things that happen to you, dress them up, shuffle them about, add a dash of excitement, a little color, and there you have it.

The point is not to look back, but to look ahead to what you hope still to do.

My family pleaded with me to forget literature and do something sensible, such as find some sort of useful work.