But they (the infantry) had no use for boys of twelve and thirteen, and before I had a chance in another war, the desire to kill people to whom I had not been introduced had passed away.

It will take mind and memory months and possibly years to gather together the details, and thus learn and know the whole extent of the loss.

Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first.

When you ascend the hill of prosperity, may you not meet a friend.

Can it be possible that the painters make John the Baptist a Spaniard in Madrid and an Irishman in Dublin?

Laws control the lesser man... Right conduct controls the greater one.

Humor is man's greatest blessing.