There are things which cannot be taught in ten easy lessons, nor popularized for the masses; they take years of skull sweat.

Age is not an accomplishment, and youth is not a sin.

If you do not believe that a man will commit murder for one can of tomatoes, then you have never been hungry.

It is impossible for anyone to be responsible for another person's behavior. The most you or any leader can do is to encourage each one to be responsible for himself.

I do know that the slickest way to lie is to tell the right amount of truth--then shut up.

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

The golden sunshine of Italy congealed into tears. Here's to alcoholic brotherhood ... much more suited to the frail human soul, if any, than any other sort.