Adventure is nothing but a romantic name for trouble.
Books are precious things, but more than that, they are the strong backbone of civilization. They are the thread upon which it all hangs, and they can save us when all else is lost.
A book is less important for what it says than for what it makes you think.
The saddle is a place for dreaming when there's hours of trail ahead.
There have always been hard times. There have always been wars and troubles
A true gentleman is at a disadvantage in dealing with women. Women are realists, and their tactics are realistic, so no man should be a gentleman where women are concerned unless the women are very, very old or very, very young. Women admire gentlemen, and sleep with cads.