If the bubble reputation can be obtained only at the cannon's mouth, I am willing to go there for it, provided the cannon is empty. If it is loaded my immortal and inflexible purpose is to get over the fence and go home. My invariable practice in war has been to bring out of every fight two-thirds more men than when I went in. This seems to me Napoleonic in its grandeur.

Never put off till tomorrow what you can do day after tomorrow just as well.

I have never seen what to me seemed an atom of proof that there is a future life. And yet-I am inclined to expect one.

Never miss an opportunity to shut up.

All men are ignorant, just on different subjects.

Be respectful to your superiors, if you have any.

Never pick a fight with people who buy ink by the barrel.