He never knew when he was whipped ... So he never was.

A man can lose sight of everything else when he's bent on revenge, and it ain't worth it.

Some say opportunity knocks only once, that is not true. Opportunity knocks all the time, but you have to be ready for it. If the chance comes, you must have the equipment to take advantage of it.

Adventure is nothing but a romantic name for trouble.

Sometimes we have the dream but we are not ourselves ready for the dream. We have to grow to meet it.

All loose things seem to drift down to the sea, and so did I.

I have read my books by many lights, hoarding their beauty, their wit or wisdom against the dark days when I would have no book, nor a place to read. I have known hunger of the belly kind many times over, but I have known a worse hunger: the need to know and to learn.