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

I sometimes think it's a mistake to have been happy when one was a child. One should always want to go on, not back.

I knew that I had turned my world back to cinders, sunk my lovely ship with my own stupid, wicked hands.

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

But I have noticed this about ambitious men, or men in power, that they fear even the slightest and least likely threat to it.

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

To plant a garden is the chief of the arts of peace.