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.

There is nothing more dangerous than a woman with a shotgun. Because you don't know when it's going to go off...and neither does she.

Adventure is nothing but a romantic name for trouble.

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.

What a man wants to do he generally can do, if he wants to badly enough.

Caution always, but when a man acts he should act suddenly and with decision.

One never realizes how much and how little he knows until he starts talking.