Well, what was luck for if it was never to be tempted?

Every man carries the seed of his own death, and you will not be more than a man. You will have everything; you cannot have more.

Sometimes, I think, our impulses come not from the past, but from the future.

The best way of forgetting how you think you feel is to concentrate on what you know you know.

The gods only go with you if you put yourself in their path. And that takes courage.

You never know how you'll turn out till you've been down to half a dollar and no prospects.

There are few men more superstitious than soldiers. They are, after all, the men who live closest to death.