Carryin' a gun is a chancy thing. Sooner or later a man is put in a position to use it. And a body has to figure that if somebody packs iron he plans to use it when the time comes; and if he draws it out, he plans to shoot.

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.

Few of us ever live in the present. We are forever anticipating what is to come or remembering what has gone.

Often I hear people say they do not have time to read. That's absolute nonsense. If one really wants to learn, one has to decide what is important. Spending an evening on the town? Attending a ball game? Or learning something that can be with you your life long.

No man ever raised a monument to a cynic or wrote a poem about a man without faith.

My lady had the body of a siren, the face of a goddess, and the mind of an Armenian camel dealer.

To pursue a man effectively, it is best to begin with his thinking.