Who is more real? Homer or Ulysses? Shakespeare or Hamlet? Burroughs or Tarzan?

Unarmed hand-to-hand fighting does not change through the ages; only the name changes, and it has only one rule: do it first, do it fast, do it dirtiest.

To be matter-of-fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy - and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.

A competent and self-confident person is incapable of jealousy in anything. Jealousy is invariably a symptom of neurotic insecurity.

When one teaches, two learn.

Specialization is for insects... The race of man? He's a whole other creature.

People who go broke in a big way never miss any meals. It is the poor jerk who is shy a half slug who must tighten his belt.